أهلis there? وقفهa halt للركبfor the caravan فيin رملthe sands of عالجʿĀlij
أهل وقفه للركب في رمل عالج
تروِّحsoothes ليfor me قلباًa heart كثيرfull of اللواعجburning anguish
تروِّح لي قلباً كثير اللواعج
Is there a halt for the caravan in the sands of ʿĀlij
A family who stopped the caravan in the sands of a high dune
To soothe for me a heart full of burning anguish,
To refresh a heart full of worries
تشوقhas yearned يستهديseeks as a gift بذيat Dhū الضالal-Ḍāl نفحةa fragrant breath
تشوق يستهدي بذي الضال نفحة
تفوهspeaks برياwith the scent of البانthe bān trees منfrom سفحthe foot of ضارجḌārij
تفوه بريا البان من سفح ضارج
That has yearned, seeking at Dhū al-Ḍāl a fragrant breath
Yearning is guided by the scent of the lost camel
That speaks with the scent of bān trees from the foot of Ḍārij?
Uttering pure water from the slope of a rolling dune
أهيجI am stirred إليهاtoward it كلماwhenever ذرَّrises شارقa rising sun
أهيج إليها كلما ذرَّ شارق
هياardor (apparent truncation) المصاعيبthe unbroken camels الهجانthe white, purebred ones النوافجthe swift-striding ones
هيا المصاعيب الهجان النوافج
I am stirred toward it whenever the sun rises,
I am drawn to it whenever the shining sun rises
With the ardor of unbroken, white, purebred, swift-striding camels.
Come on troubles, come on you defiant hardships
وكمand many a قائلspeaker ليto me والخطوبwhile calamities كأنهاas though they were
وكم قائل لي والخطوب كأنها
خوابطblundering creatures عشوافيblindly in الربىthe hills والمناهجand the pathways
خوابط عشوافي الربى والمناهج
And many a speaker has said to me, while calamities seem
And how many say to me, while calamities are like
Like blind beasts blundering over hills and pathways:
The intricate paths of dwellings and roads
فمنthen who ليَis there for me والحاجاتwhile needs أرتجhas been bolted shut بابهاtheir door
فمن ليَ والحاجات أرتج بابها
فقلتso I said أدعinvoke موسىMūsā فهوfor he is بابthe gate of الحوائجneeds
فقلت أدع موسى فهو باب الحوائج
'Who is there for me, when the door to my needs is bolted shut?'
So who do I have, while needs crowd his door
So I said, 'Invoke Mūsā, for he is the Gate of Needs.'
I say, let me call upon Moses, for he is the door of wishes
إذاif كنتI am بالآمالwith hopes آخرthe last داخلto enter
إذا كنت بالآمال آخر داخل
بهthrough him أبتI return بالنجاحwith success أولthe first خارجto leave
به أبت بالنجاح أول خارج
If I am the last to enter, bearing hopes,
If I was the last to enter with hopes
Through him I return successful, the first to leave.
Through him I win success, the first to exit
إذاwhen فاحwafts ليto me ريعانthe fresh bloom of طيبthe fragrance of ضريحهhis tomb
إذا فاح لي ريعان طيب ضريحه
نشقتI inhale ولاءًout of devotion طيبthe sweetness of تلكthose الأرائجfragrances
نشقت ولاءً طيب تلك الأرائج
When the fresh bloom of his tomb's fragrance wafts to me,
If the sweet scent of his tomb blows my way
I inhale, out of devotion, the sweetness of those scents.
I profess good loyalty to those sand dunes
وحسبيand it suffices me أنيthat I مذsince ترعرعتgrew up ناشئاًas a youth
وحسبي أني مذ ترعرعت ناشئاً
درجتI have trodden علىalong نهجيهماtheir two paths فيthrough المدارجthe stages
درجت على نهجيهما في المدارج
And it suffices me that, since I grew up as a youth,
It's enough that since I grew up a youth
I have trodden their two paths through life's stages.
I've followed their path up the steps
أمامانtwo imams كلeach منهماof them both قامsprang عنfrom أبٍa father
أمامان كل منهما قام عن أبٍ
نتيجةoffspring آباءforefathers كرامnoble in النتائجoffspring
نتيجة آباء كرام النتائج
Two imams, each sprung from a father,
Two leaders, each standing up for a father
Himself the offspring of forefathers whose offspring are noble.
The results of honored fathers of great lineages
همامانtwo noble champions أنif غشىdescends دجىthe darkness of الخطبcalamity افرجاthey both dispel
همامان أن غشى دجى الخطب افرجا
ضبابتهits haze بالكاشفاتwith affliction-lifting deeds الفوارجthat bring relief
ضبابته بالكاشفات الفوارج
Two noble champions: if calamity's darkness descends, they dispel
They are determined, if the fog of calamities came
Its haze with deeds that lift affliction and bring relief.
To dispel its darkness with flaming bright swords
Sol 6.1