ومنسرحand an open expanse منfrom أيمنthe right side of الجزعthe valley bend باللوىat al-Liwā
ومنسرح من أيمن الجزع باللوى
أرحتI halted to rest بهin it حيثwhere المرادthe desired goal خصيبfertile
أرحت به حيث المراد خصيب
And at a grazing-ground on the valley’s right-hand bend at al-Liwā,
And an open expanse on the right of the valley bend at al-Liwā—
I let them rest, where the pasture we sought was lush.
I rested there, where desire finds fertile ground.
وماليَand I had no فيهin it مأربpurpose غيرexcept أنهthat it
وماليَ فيه مأرب غير أنه
دعانيcalled me عهدa remembrance للحبيبof the beloved قريبrecent
دعاني عهد للحبيب قريب
I had no purpose there, except that
I had no purpose there except that
a fresh memory of the beloved summoned me.
a recent memory of the beloved called me.
فرفهتso I gave respite عنfrom خوصnarrow-eyed camels نوافحsnorting فيin البرىthe nose-rings
فرفهت عن خوص نوافح في البرى
عراهاovertook them بوعثاءthrough the hardships of المسيرthe journey لغوبweariness
عراها بوعثاء المسير لغوب
So I eased the hollow-eyed camels straining at their nose-rings,
So I gave respite to narrow-eyed camels snorting through their nose-rings,
when the journey’s rugged hardship had afflicted them with exhaustion.
overtaken by weariness from the hardships of the journey.
وإنيand indeed I am امرؤa man قطعcrossing المفاوزthe desert wastes والربىand the hills
وإني امرؤ قطع المفاوز والربى
حبيبdear إليهto him أوunless يقيمdwells حبيبa beloved
حبيب إليه أو يقيم حبيب
For I am a man to whom crossing desert wastes and hills
And I am a man to whom crossing desert wastes and hills
is dear—or else a beloved dwells there.
is dear—unless a beloved dwells there.
وقوميand my people نزالونhabitual campers فيin كلevery مجهلtrackless wilderness
وقومي نزالون في كل مجهل
مخيفfrightening ولوand even if انthat المقامthe camping ground جديبbarren
مخيف ولو ان المقام جديب
My people make camp in every unknown place,
And my people make camp in every trackless waste,
however fearsome, even if the stopping-ground is barren.
fraught with fear, even if the camping ground is barren.
Sol 6.1