ياO! لَحُضِيَّfor Hudayy دعوةٌa cry يالَهْoh, for him!
يا لَحُضِيَّ دعوةٌ يالَهْ
يَسعىhe busies himself علىwith مالىmy money وأَشغالَهْand its affairs
يَسعى على مالى وأَشغالَهْ
O, for Hudayy! A cry—oh, for him!
He concerns himself with my money and its uses.
يلحىhe reproaches علىfor زقٍa wineskin اغالىI pay dearly بهِfor it
يلحى على زقٍ اغالى بهِ
وباركand a kneeling camel أَرخصَmake cheaper أَوصالَهْits limbs
وبارك أَرخصَ أَوصالَهْ
He reproaches me for a wineskin I pay dearly for,
And a kneeling camel whose limbs I make cheap.
قالhe spoke ولمand did not يخبرknow بماof what فيin غدٍtomorrow
قال ولم يخبر بما في غدٍ
فيقبلso one accepts النصحَthe advice الذيwhich قالَهْhe said it
فيقبل النصحَ الذي قالَهْ
He spoke, though he knew nothing of what tomorrow holds—
So should one accept the advice he gave?
وانماand only للمرءِfor a person منfrom مالهِhis wealth
وانما للمرءِ من مالهِ
ماwhat وَسعَmade room for الحقَrightful claims وماand what نالَهْhe obtained it
ما وَسعَ الحقَ وما نالَهْ
A man has of his wealth only
What serves rightful claims and what he enjoys.
فدعْso leave حُضياًHudayy وسَفاراتِهِand his missions
فدعْ حُضياً وسَفاراتِهِ
رأْيُjudgment حُضيّHudayy منكَfrom you أَعدالَهْhis equals (unclear in context)
رأْيُ حُضيّ منكَ أَعدالَهْ
So leave Hudayy and his missions;
Hudayy's judgment, from you, his equals [syntax unclear].
أَبعدafter ...? ذِمرٍa champion منfrom بَنىthe sons of مُنذرٍMundhir
أَبعد ذِمرٍ من بَنى مُنذرٍ
آملُI hope أَنْto أَصَحَبَkeep company with أَمثالَهْhis equals
آملُ أَنْ أَصَحَبَ أَمثالَهْ
After a champion of the sons of Mundhir,
Can I hope to keep company with his like?
لاmay not دَرَّflow دَريmy milk or bounty يومَthe day ودعتُهI bade him farewell
لا دَرَّ دَري يومَ ودعتُه
بجانبِbeside الابرقِal-Abraq ذيpossessing الضَّالَهْthe wild lote-tree
بجانبِ الابرقِ ذي الضَّالَهْ
May my bounty cease to flow for the day I bade him farewell
Beside al-Abraq, with its wild lote-tree.
كأَنهas though he were صدرُthe forepart ردينيةa Rudaynian spear
كأَنه صدرُ ردينية
ذابلةٍslender فيin الكفِّthe hand عسالَهْquivering
ذابلةٍ في الكفِّ عسالَهْ
As though he were the forepart of a Rudaynian spear,
Slender, quivering in the hand.
تَخفِضُyou lower للطعنةِfor the thrust مُدْرنِفقاًrushing headlong
تَخفِضُ للطعنةِ مُدْرنِفقاً
لوif أَنهthat he طاولهhe vied with it in height طالَهْhe overtopped it
لو أَنه طاوله طالَهْ
You lower it for the thrust, rushing headlong;
Were he to vie with it in height, he would overtop it.
أَىُّwhat a فتىًyoung man فيin التربِthe dust غَيَّبتَهyou hid him
أَىُّ فتىً في التربِ غَيَّبتَه
قامتُهhis stature تمتحdraws upward سِربالَهْhis tunic
قامتُه تمتح سِربالَهْ
What a youth you have hidden in the dust!
His stature draws his tunic upward.
تَراهُyou see him فيamong القومِthe people اذاwhen جئتَهyou come to him
تَراهُ في القومِ اذا جئتَه
كالبدرِlike the full moon فيin دائرةِthe circle of الهَالَهْthe halo
كالبدرِ في دائرةِ الهَالَهْ
You see him among the people when you come to him,
Like the full moon within the ring of its halo.
Sol 6.1