أَتَزورُdo you visit أُمَّthe mother of مُحَمَّدٍMuhammad أَمor تَهجُرُyou forsake
أَتَزورُ أُمَّ مُحَمَّدٍ أَم تَهجُرُ
أَمor عادَreturned to قَلبَكَyour heart بَعضُsome of ماwhat تَتَذَكَّرُyou remember
أَم عادَ قَلبَكَ بَعضُ ما تَتَذَكَّرُ
Do you visit Umm Muhammad, or forsake her?
Do you visit the mother of Muhammad or do you shun her?
Or has some of what you remember returned to your heart?
Or has your heart regained some of what you remember?
إِنَّindeed الفَوادِرَthe large, aged ibex لَوif سَمِعنَthey heard كَلامَهاher words
إِنَّ الفَوادِرَ لَو سَمِعنَ كَلامَها
ظَلَّتkept وُعولُibex عَمايَتَينِʿAmayatayn تَحَدَّرُdescending
ظَلَّت وُعولُ عَمايَتَينِ تَحَدَّرُ
Indeed, if the great, aged ibex heard her words,
If the virtuous were to hear her words
The ibex of ʿAmayatayn would keep descending.
The wailings of two blind women would flow.
لاdo not تَنسَforget حِلمَكَyour forbearance إِنَّindeed مالَكَwhat you have مَعهُمُwith them
لا تَنسَ حِلمَكَ إِنَّ مالَكَ مَعهُمُ
قَدَرٌfate وَلَستَand you are not بِسابِقٍone who outstrips ماwhat يُقدَرُis decreed
قَدَرٌ وَلَستَ بِسابِقٍ ما يُقدَرُ
Do not forget your forbearance: what you have with them
Do not forget your forbearance, for with them
Is destined, and you cannot outstrip what is decreed.
Is your destiny, and you are not ahead of what is destined.
سَرَتِtravelled by night الهُمومُthe cares مَعَwith النُجومِthe stars فَكَلَّفَتand imposed
سَرَتِ الهُمومُ مَعَ النُجومِ فَكَلَّفَت
حاجاًtasks يُكَلَّفُهُare burdened with it السَمامُthe swift she-camels الضُمَّرُthe lean ones
حاجاً يُكَلَّفُهُ السَمامُ الضُمَّرُ
Cares travelled by night with the stars, imposing
Cares traveled with the stars and tasked
Tasks laid upon the fleet, lean she-camels.
A pilgrim tasked by persistent insomnia.
هُنَّthey الغِياثُthe rescue إِذاwhen تَهَوَّلَتِbecame terrifying السُرىnight travel
هُنَّ الغِياثُ إِذا تَهَوَّلَتِ السُرى
وَإِذاand when تَوَقَّدَblazed فيin النِجادِthe uplands الحَزوَرُthe mighty lion
وَإِذا تَوَقَّدَ في النِجادِ الحَزوَرُ
They are the rescue when night travel grows terrifying,
They are the succor when journeys become difficult
And when the mighty lion blazes in the uplands.
And when sorrow blazes in the bosom.
أَجهَضنَthey miscarried مُعجَلَةًprematurely لِسِتَّةِat six أَشهُرٍmonths
أَجهَضنَ مُعجَلَةً لِسِتَّةِ أَشهُرٍ
مِثلَlike الفِراخِchicks جُلودُهُنَّtheir skins تَمَوَّرُquiver
مِثلَ الفِراخِ جُلودُهُنَّ تَمَوَّرُ
They cast their young prematurely at six months,
They miscarried hastily at six months
Like chicks, their skins quivering.
Their skins peeling off like those of chicks.
قالَsaid البَعيثُal-Baʿith أَناI اِبنُthe son of بَيبَةَBaybah دَعوَةًa claim of descent
قالَ البَعيثُ أَنا اِبنُ بَيبَةَ دَعوَةً
كَذَبَlied البَعيثُal-Baʿith وَأَنفُهُand his nose يَتَقَشَّرُpeels
كَذَبَ البَعيثُ وَأَنفُهُ يَتَقَشَّرُ
Al-Baʿith claimed, 'I am Baybah's son.'
Al-Ba'ith said, "I am the son of Baybah of the Da'wah tribe."
Al-Baʿith lied, and his nose is peeling.
Al-Ba'ith lied, and his nose was flaking.
أَنتَyou البَعيثُal-Baʿith تَبينُis evident فيهِin him عُبودَةٌservitude
أَنتَ البَعيثُ تَبينُ فيهِ عُبودَةٌ
وَأَبوكَand your father عَبدُa slave of بَنيthe sons of زُراةَZurah بَغثَرُa coarse fool
وَأَبوكَ عَبدُ بَني زُراةَ بَغثَرُ
You are al-Baʿith, in whom servitude plainly shows,
You are Al-Ba'ith, in whom servitude is evident,
And your father is a slave of Banu Zurah—a coarse fool.
And your father is a slave of the Zuraah tribe of Baghthar.
Sol 6.1