ياAh ربَّmany a ليلٍnight بتهI spent it
يا ربَّ ليلٍ بته
مثلlike مبيتِa night’s stay النابغهْal-Nabighah
مثل مبيتِ النابغهْ
Ah, many a night I have spent
O Lord of a night filled with tears
Like al-Nabighah’s night,
Like the night that befell Al-Nabigha
ولمand did not يساورنيassail me سوىexcept
ولم يساورني سوى
عقربِa scorpion صدغa temple-lock لادغهْstinging
عقربِ صدغ لادغهْ
And nothing assailed me but
With nothing to trouble me but
A stinging scorpion of a temple-lock.
The sting of a scorpion on my temple
وقدand already بداhad appeared البدرُthe full moon المنيthe radiant (word continues)
وقد بدا البدرُ المني
رُcompletion of 'radiant' والثرياand the Pleiades بازغهْrising
رُ والثريا بازغهْ
And the radiant full moon had appeared,
And the full moon has risen
And the Pleiades were rising,
With the Pleiades emerging
كأنهُas though it were ترسُa shield لجينٍsilver
كأنهُ ترسُ لجينٍ
حولَaround درعٍa coat of mail سابغهْfull-length
حولَ درعٍ سابغهْ
As though it were a shield of silver
As though it were a shield
Around a full-length coat of mail.
Around a coat of mail
Sol 6.1