سفهfolly وقوفكyour standing بينamong تلكthose الأرسمtraces
سفه وقوفك بين تلك الأرسم
وسؤالand questioning رسمa remnant دارسeffaced مستعجمunanswering
وسؤال رسم دارس مستعجم
Folly is your standing among those traces,
Your standing still among those illustrations
and questioning an effaced, unanswering remnant.
And asking an illustration studying foreign
ياO ربعdwelling مالكٍMalik موحشاًdesolate منfrom بعدماafter
يا ربع مالكٍ موحشاً من بعدما
قدindeed كنتyou were للوفادfor visitors محشدa gathering-place موسمa festival
قد كنت للوفاد محشد موسم
O dwelling of Malik, desolate after
O a lonely quarter after
you once were a festival gathering-place for visitors!
You were to the visitors a populated season
أفكلماthen, whenever? بالغتyou went to lengths فيin كتمconcealing الهوىlove
أفكلما بالغت في كتم الهوى
غلبتكovercame you زفرةa sigh حسرةof grief لمnot تكتمwas concealed
غلبتك زفرة حسرة لم تكتم
Whenever you go to lengths to conceal your love,
Does every time I am overwhelmed in concealing the passion
must an unconcealed sigh of grief overcome you?
A moan of regret overwhelmed you, you did not conceal
هلاwhy did you not وفيتyou proved faithful بأنby the fact that قضيتyou died كماjust as وفيproved faithful
هلا وفيت بأن قضيت كما وفي
صحبthe companions of ابنthe son of فاطمةFatimah بشهرin the month of محرمMuharram
صحب ابن فاطمة بشهر محرم
Why did you not prove faithful by dying, as did
Why did you not fulfill that you spent as fulfilled
the companions of Fatimah's son in the month of Muharram?
The company of the son of Fatima in the month of Muharram
قومmen ترىyou see بسيوفهمthrough their swords وأكفهمand their hands
قوم ترى بسيوفهم وأكفهم
فيon الخصمthe foe والعافينand seekers of bounty أوضحthe clearest ميسمmark
في الخصم والعافين أوضح ميسم
Men through whose swords and hands you see
A people you see with their swords and palms
the clearest mark on foes and seekers of bounty.
In the adversary and the intimate a very clear mark
منof كلeach وضاحradiant الفخارglory لهاشمto Hashim
من كل وضاح الفخار لهاشم
يعزىis traced علاin nobility ولآلand to the house of غالبٍGhalib ينتميbelongs
يعزى علا ولآل غالبٍ ينتمي
Each radiant in glory, to Hashim
From every clarity of pottery for Hashim
traced in nobility, and belonging to the house of Ghalib.
Exaltedness is condoled and for overcoming ancestry is attributed
تخذhe took المواضيkeen swords حليةadornment وبباسهand in his valor
تخذ المواضي حلية وبباسه
ثقةconfidence لهfor him عنinstead of صارمa cutting sword أوor لهذمa piercing spear
ثقة له عن صارم أو لهذم
He takes keen swords as adornment, and in his valor
It takes habitats as an ornament and in its annihilation
finds assurance, needing no cutting sword or piercing spear.
Confidence in it about a sharp or a crusher
يتسابقونthey race one another إذاwhen دعواare summoned لكريهةto a dire battle
يتسابقون إذا دعوا لكريهة
فكأنso, as though قرعthe clash of البيضbright blades صوتa sound منغمmelodious
فكأن قرع البيض صوت منغم
They race one another when summoned to battle,
They compete when they are called to an occurrence
as though the clash of bright blades were a melodious sound.
So it is as if the sound of smashing eggs is a melodious sound
وغذاand when سمعواthey heard الصريخthe cry for help تواثبواthey sprang up
وغذا سمعوا الصريخ تواثبوا
ماwhat بينbetween سافعseizing by the forelock مهرهhis colt أوor ملجمbridling
ما بين سافع مهره أو ملجم
And when they hear a cry for help, they spring up,
And when they heard the scream they sprang up
some seizing their colts' forelocks, others fitting bridles.
Between a drawn sword or a cleaver
نفرa band of men قضواdied عطشاًof thirst ومنand part of إيمانهمtheir faith
نفر قضوا عطشاً ومن إيمانهم
ريquenching العطاشthe thirsty بجنبbeside نهرthe river علقميAlqami
ري العطاش بجنب نهر علقمي
Men who died of thirst, though part of their faith was
A band that died of thirst and from their faith
to give the thirsty drink—beside the Alqami River.
Quenching the thirsty near the Alqami river
أسفيmy grief علىfor تلكthose الجسومbodies تقسمتwere cut apart
أسفي على تلك الجسوم تقسمت
بيدby the hand of الظباsword-edges وغدتand became سهامallotted shares الأسهمthe arrows
بيد الظبا وغدت سهام الأسهم
My grief for those bodies, cut apart
I grieve over those bodies that were divided
by the hand of sword-edges, and made shares for the arrows!
By the hands of hyenas and became arrows of arrows
قدindeed جلwas too great بأسthe valor of ابنthe son of النبيthe Prophet لدىin الوغىbattle
قد جل بأس ابن النبي لدى الوغى
عنbeyond أنthat يحيطencompass بهit فمthe mouth of المتكلمthe speaker
عن أن يحيط به فم المتكلم
The valor of the Prophet's son in battle was too great
The might of the son of the Prophet was revealed during the turmoil
for any speaker's mouth to encompass,
That the mouth of the speaker cannot encompass
إذاwhen هدhe shattered ركنهمtheir pillar بكلwith every مهندIndian-forged sword
إذا هد ركنهم بكل مهند
وأقامand set upright مائلهمtheir leaning men بكلwith every مقومstraight lance
وأقام مائلهم بكل مقوم
when he brought down their pillar with every Indian-forged sword
When he straightened their pillar with every corrective
and set their leaning men upright with every straight lance.
And propped up their leaning with every erecting
منwho كابنlike the son of فاطمFatimah يومon the day of حاطمةthe crushing force of الوغىbattle
من كابن فاطم يوم حاطمة الوغى
والشوسwhile fierce warriors بينbetween مطرسمhead-bowed أوor محجمrecoiling
والشوس بين مطرسم أو محجم
Who rivals Fatimah's son on the day of crushing battle,
Like the son of Fatima on the day of the crushing turmoil
when fierce warriors either bow their heads or recoil?
And the intense between a flooding or a covering
ينحوhe advances upon العدىthe foes فتفرso they flee عنهfrom him كأنهمas though they
ينحو العدى فتفر عنه كأنهم
حمرasses تنافرscattering منfrom زئيرthe roar of الضيغمthe lion
حمر تنافر من زئير الضيغم
He advances on the foes, and they flee from him like
He turns the enemies so they flee from him as if they are
asses scattering at the lion's roar.
Red foxes fleeing from the roar of the wolves
ويسلand he draws أبيضa white sword فيin الهياجthe battle's tumult تخالهyou think it
ويسل أبيض في الهياج تخاله
صبحاًdawn تبلجbreaking brightly تحتbeneath ليلa night مظلمdark
صبحاً تبلج تحت ليل مظلم
And he draws a white sword in the fray; you would think it
And unsheathes a white in the commotion, mistaking it
a dawn breaking beneath a dark night.
For a dawn ice-covered under a dark night
ويهزand he brandishes أسمرa dusky spear فيin الكفاحcombat كأنهمas though they
ويهز أسمر في الكفاح كأنهم
صلa viper تلويwrithing فيin يمينthe right hand of غشمشمa fierce warrior
صل تلوي في يمين غشمشم
And he brandishes a dusky spear in combat, as though
And shakes out a brown in the struggle as if they are
a viper were writhing in a fierce warrior's right hand.
A club brandished in the right hand of a crusher
وإذاand when العداةthe foes تنضدتare arrayed فرسانهاtheir horsemen
وإذا العداة تنضدت فرسانها
فيin كلevery سطرline بالأسنةwith spearheads معجمdotted
في كل سطر بالأسنة معجم
And when the enemy's horsemen are drawn up
And when the enemies were lined up, its horsemen
in lines, each dotted with spearheads,
In every line with weapons compiled
وأفاهمand he met them فحمىthen he erased (probable reading) صحافthe pages of صفاحهمtheir blades
وأفاهم فحمى صحاف صفاحهم
مسحاًsweeping بخطwith a stroke of مقومa straight lance ومصممand a cleaving sword
مسحاً بخط مقوم ومصمم
he meets them and wipes the pages of their blades clean,
And their mouths, so the edges of their blades heated up
sweeping them with strokes of straight lance and cleaving sword.
Deleting with a correct line and determined
قدindeed كادalmost يفنىperished جمعهمtheir host لولاbut for الذيwhat
قد كاد يفنى جمعهم لولا الذي
قدalready خطinscribed فيon لوحthe tablet of القضاءfate الحكمthe Judge
قد خط في لوح القضاء الحكم
Their host had almost perished, but for what
They almost perished altogether had it not been for He
the Judge had inscribed on the tablet of fate.
Who had written the decree on the Tablet
حتىuntil إذاwhen ضاقgrew narrow الفضاءthe open expanse بعزمهbefore his resolve
حتى إذا ضاق الفضاء بعزمه
ألوىbore away بهhim للحشرto the Resurrection غيرnot مذممblamed
ألوى به للحشر غير مذمم
Until, when all space grew too narrow for his resolve,
Until, when the space was too narrow for his determination
he was borne to the Resurrection, blameless,
He twisted it to the Resurrection without blemish
سهمan arrow رمىstruck أحشاكyour entrails ياO ابنson of المصطفىal-Mustafa (the Chosen One)
سهم رمى أحشاك يا ابن المصطفى
سهمan arrow بهwith it كبدthe liver of الهدياةguidance قدindeed رمىwas struck
سهم به كبد الهدياة قد رمى
by an arrow that struck your entrails, O son of al-Mustafa—
An arrow thrown into your viscera, O son of Mustafa
an arrow with which the liver of guidance was struck.
An arrow with which the insides of the guides were thrown
ياO نفسsoul ذوبيmelt ياO جفونeyelids تقرحيbecome ulcerated
يا نفس ذوبي يا جفون تقرحي
ياO عينeye جوديgive generously ياO مدامعناour tear ducts اسجميpour forth
يا عين جودي يا مدامعنا اسجمي
O soul, melt; O eyelids, become ulcerated!
O soul, melt! O eyelids, ulcerate!
O eye, give freely; O our tear ducts, pour forth!
O eye, be generous! O our tears, flow!
لمdid not أنسI forget زينبZaynab وهيwhile she تدعوcalls out بينهمamong them
لم أنس زينب وهي تدعو بينهم
ياO قومpeople ماnot فيin جمعكمyour gathering منany مسلمMuslim
يا قوم ما في جمعكم من مسلم
I have not forgotten Zaynab, as she called among them:
I do not forget Zainab while she invokes among them
"O people, there is no Muslim in your gathering!
"O people, there is no Muslim among your gathering!"
إناindeed we بناتdaughters of المصطفىal-Mustafa (the Chosen One) ووصيهand his successor
إنا بنات المصطفى ووصيه
ومخدراتand secluded women بنيthe sons of الحطيمal-Hatim وزمزمand Zamzam
ومخدرات بني الحطيم وزمزم
We are indeed daughters of al-Mustafa and his successor,
We are the daughters of Mustafa and his successor
and the secluded women of the sons of al-Hatim and Zamzam.
And the nurtured of the sons of Hutaym and Zamzam
ماnot دارcrossed فيin خلديmy mind مجاذنةwresting away (probable reading) العدىthe foes
ما دار في خلدي مجاذنة العدى
منيfrom me ردايmy cloak ولاnor جرىoccurred بتوهميin my imagination
مني رداي ولا جرى بتوهمي
It never crossed my mind that the foes would wrest
No ravings of the enemies crossed my mind
my cloak from me, nor did it ever enter my imagination.
Repelling me, nor passed in my suspicions
قدindeed أزعجواthey frightened أيتاماًorphans قدindeed أججواthey kindled
قد أزعجوا أيتاماً قد أججوا
بخيامناin our tents لهبthe flame of السعيرthe inferno المضرمblazing
بخيامنا لهب السعير المضرم
They have terrified orphans; they have kindled
They disturbed orphans, they stirred up
in our tents the flame of the blazing inferno."
With our tents the flames of the burning fire
Sol 6.1