أَجارَتَناO our neighbor بِذيat Dhū نَفَرٍNafar أَقيميstay
أَجارَتَنا بِذي نَفَرٍ أَقيمي
فَماfor not أَبكيI weep عَلىover الدَهرِthe age الذَميمِblameworthy
فَما أَبكي عَلى الدَهرِ الذَميمِ
O our neighbor at Dhū Nafar, stay;
for I do not weep over the blameworthy age.
أَقيميstay وَجهَthe first part of عامكِyour year ثُمَّthen سيريdepart
أَقيمي وَجهَ عامكِ ثُمَّ سيري
بلاوَاهِيwithout one weak in الجِوارِneighborly protection وَلاnor مُليمِone deserving blame
بلاوَاهِي الجِوارِ وَلا مُليمِ
Stay for the first part of your year, then depart,
with no neighbor lacking in protection or deserving blame.
فَكَمfor how many بَينَbetween الأَقارعِal-Aqāriʿ فالمُنَقَّىand al-Munaqqā
فَكَم بَينَ الأَقارعِ فالمُنَقَّى
إِلىto أُحُدٍUḥud إِلىto أَكنافِthe environs of ريمِRīm
إِلى أُحُدٍ إِلى أَكنافِ ريمِ
For how many there are between al-Aqāriʿ and al-Munaqqā,
to Uḥud, to the environs of Rīm,
إِلىto الجَمّاءِal-Jammāʾ مِنof خَدٍّa cheek أَسيلٍsmooth
إِلى الجَمّاءِ مِن خَدٍّ أَسيلٍ
نَقيِّclear اللَونِthe complexion لَيسَis not بِذيpossessed of كُلومِwounds
نَقيِّ اللَونِ لَيسَ بِذي كُلومِ
to al-Jammāʾ—smooth cheeks,
clear in complexion, bearing no wounds,
وَمِنand of عَينٍan eye مُكَحَّلَةِkohl-darkened الأَماقيthe inner corners
وَمِن عَينٍ مُكَحَّلَةِ الأَماقي
بِلاwithout كُحلٍkohl وَمنand of كَشحٍa waist هَضيمِslender
بِلا كُحلٍ وَمن كَشحٍ هَضيمِ
and eyes whose inner corners are kohl-dark,
without kohl, and slender waists!
أَرقِتُI lay sleepless وَغابَand was absent عَنّيfrom me مَنthe one who يَلومُreproaches
أَرقِتُ وَغابَ عَنّي مَن يَلومُ
وَلَكِنand yet لَمdid not أَنَمI sleep أَناI لِلهُمومِbecause of cares
وَلَكِن لَم أَنَم أَنا لِلهُمومِ
I lay sleepless, while the one who reproaches me was absent;
and yet I did not sleep, because of cares.
أَرقتُI lay sleepless وَشفَّنيand wasted me away وَجَعٌa pain بِقَلبيin my heart
أَرقتُ وَشفَّني وَجَعٌ بِقَلبي
لِزَينَبَfor Zaynab أَوor أُميمَةَUmaymah أَوor رَعومِRaʿūm
لِزَينَبَ أَو أُميمَةَ أَو رَعومِ
I lay sleepless, and pain within my heart wasted me away,
for Zaynab, or Umaymah, or Raʿūm.
أُقاسيI endure لَيلَةًa night كالحَولِlike a year حَتّىuntil
أُقاسي لَيلَةً كالحَولِ حَتّى
تَبَدّىappeared الصُبحُthe dawn مُنقَطعَsevered البريمِthe two-colored cord
تَبَدّى الصُبحُ مُنقَطعَ البريمِ
I endure a night as long as a year, until
dawn appeared, its two-colored cord severed.
كَأَنَّas though الصبحَthe dawn أَبلَقُa piebald horse فيin حجُولٍfetters
كَأَنَّ الصبحَ أَبلَقُ في حجُولٍ
يَشِبُّit rears وَيَتَّقيand avoids ضَربthe blows of الشَكيمِthe bridle's bit
يَشِبُّ وَيَتَّقي ضَرب الشَكيمِ
As though dawn were a piebald horse in fetters,
rearing and avoiding the blows of the bit.
رَأَيتُI saw الشَيبَgray hair قَدalready نَزَلَتdescended عَلَيناupon us
رَأَيتُ الشَيبَ قَد نَزَلَت عَلَينا
رَوائِعُهُits terrors بِحُجَّةِwith the argument of مُستَقيمِan upright man
رَوائِعُهُ بِحُجَّةِ مُستَقيمِ
I saw gray hair—upon us had descended
its terrors, with the argument of an upright man.
إِذاif ناكَرْتَهُyou challenge it ناكَرْتَyou confront مِنهُfrom it
إِذا ناكَرْتَهُ ناكَرْتَ مِنهُ
خُصومَةَthe contention of لاneither أَلَدَّone obstinately contentious وَلاnor ظَلومِone unjust
خُصومَةَ لا أَلَدَّ وَلا ظَلومِ
If you challenge it, you confront in it
the contention of one neither obstinate nor unjust.
وَوَدَّعَنيand bade me farewell الشَبابُyouth فَصرتُso I became مِنهُin relation to it
وَوَدَّعَني الشَبابُ فَصرتُ مِنهُ
كَراضٍlike one content بالصَغيرِwith a little مِنof العَظيمِsomething great
كَراضٍ بالصَغيرِ مِن العَظيمِ
And youth bade me farewell, leaving me
like one content with a small share of something great.
فَدَعso leave ماwhat لاnot يُرُدُّgives back عَلَيكَto you شَيئاًanything
فَدَع ما لا يُرُدُّ عَلَيكَ شَيئاً
مِنof الجاراتِthe neighboring women أَوor دِمَنِthe blackened remains of الرُسومِcamp traces
مِن الجاراتِ أَو دِمَنِ الرُسومِ
So leave what gives you nothing in return,
of neighboring women or the blackened traces of camps.
وَقُلand say قَولاًan utterance تُطَبّقُyou strike cleanly مَفصَلَيهِits two joints
وَقُل قَولاً تُطَبّقُ مَفصَلَيهِ
بمَدحَةِwith praise of صاحبِthe possessor of الرأيِjudgment الصَرومِdecisive
بمَدحَةِ صاحبِ الرأيِ الصَرومِ
And utter words, striking their two joints cleanly,
with praise of the man of decisive judgment.
Sol 6.1