أَلاlisten! قُلsay لِرَبعٍto a campsite بِالأُفاقَينِat al-Ufaqayn يَسلَمِmay it be safe
أَلا قُل لِرَبعٍ بِالأُفاقَينِ يَسلَمِ
يُحَيّاit is greeted عَلىacross شَحطٍa great distance وَإِنand even if لَمnot يُكَلَّمِit is spoken to
يُحَيّا عَلى شَحطٍ وَإِن لَم يُكَلَّمِ
Oh, wish the campsite at al-Ufaqayn peace;
Lo! Say to the tribe in all regions, "Peace be upon you,
It is greeted from afar, though it is not spoken to.
Though you spoke not a word of greeting."
وَمَنand whoever يُعطَis granted وُدَّthe love of الغانِياتِbeautiful women فَإِنَّهُthen indeed he
وَمَن يُعطَ وُدَّ الغانِياتِ فَإِنَّهُ
غَنِيٌّrich وَمَنand whoever يَحرِمنَهُthey deny him الوُدَّthe love يُحرَمِis deprived
غَنِيٌّ وَمَن يَحرِمنَهُ الوُدَّ يُحرَمِ
Whoever is granted the love of beautiful women is
He who is given love of maidens, he then
Rich; whoever they deny their love is deprived.
Is wealthy, and he who is deprived of love is deprived.
ذَعَرتَyou frightened عَلَيناto our detriment اليَومَtoday وَحشاًwild creatures غَريرَةًunsuspecting
ذَعَرتَ عَلَينا اليَومَ وَحشاً غَريرَةً
وَنَفَّرتَand you drove away مِنfrom أَطلالِهاtheir ruined camps وَحشَthe wild creatures of مُستَميMustami
وَنَفَّرتَ مِن أَطلالِها وَحشَ مُستَمي
Today you frightened unsuspecting wild creatures away from us,
Today you frightened upon us wildly
And drove Mustami's wild creatures from their ruined camps.
And you startled the savage from its ruins, alarmed.
بَنيO sons of عَبدِAbd عَمروٍAmr قَدindeed فَرَغتُI turned my full attention إِلَيكُمُto you
بَني عَبدِ عَمروٍ قَد فَرَغتُ إِلَيكُمُ
وَقَدand indeed طالَhas lasted long زَجريmy rebuking لَوif only نَهاكُمhad restrained you تَقَدُّميmy prior warning
وَقَد طالَ زَجري لَو نَهاكُم تَقَدُّمي
Sons of Abd Amr, I have turned my full attention to you;
O clan of Abd Amr, I am through with you,
Long have I rebuked you—if only my earlier warnings had restrained you.
Though long has been my warning, had you but heeded.
بَنيO sons of عَبدِAbd عَمروٍAmr قَدindeed أَصابَstruck أَكُفَّكُمyour palms
بَني عَبدِ عَمروٍ قَد أَصابَ أَكُفَّكُم
مَشاظيsplinters of قَناةٍa spear-shaft دَرؤُهاits crookedness لَمnot يُقَوَّمِwas straightened
مَشاظي قَناةٍ دَرؤُها لَم يُقَوَّمِ
Sons of Abd Amr, your palms have been struck
O clan of Abd Amr, the palms of your hands
By splinters of a spear-shaft whose crookedness was never straightened.
Have been struck by the injuries of a canal not to be repaired.
لَقَدindeed بَعَثَتsent هِزّانُHizzan جَفنَةَJafna وافِداًas an envoy
لَقَد بَعَثَت هِزّانُ جَفنَةَ وافِداً
فَآبَso he returned وَأَحذىand bestowed upon قَومَهُhis people شَرَّthe worst مَغنَمِspoils
فَآبَ وَأَحذى قَومَهُ شَرَّ مَغنَمِ
Hizzan indeed sent Jafna as an envoy;
Hizam sent hither Jafnah as a visitor,
He returned and gave his people the worst of spoils.
But he returned and brought his folk the worst of booty.
فَياso, O راكِبَrider of القَوصاءِthe long-legged she-camel ماwhat أَنتَyou صانِعٌdoing
فَيا راكِبَ القَوصاءِ ما أَنتَ صانِعٌ
بِهَزّانَwith Hizzan إِذnow that أَلحَمتُهُمI embroiled them in battle شَرَّthe worst مُلحَمِbattle
بِهَزّانَ إِذ أَلحَمتُهُم شَرَّ مُلحَمِ
So, rider of the long-legged she-camel, what will you do
So rider of the sand-dune, what will you do
With Hizzan, now that I have plunged them into the worst of battles?
With Hizam, now that I have joined them in the worst conjoining?
فَإِنَّfor indeed بَنيthe sons of هِزّانَHizzan لَمّاwhen رَدَيتُهُمI struck them down
فَإِنَّ بَني هِزّانَ لَمّا رَدَيتُهُم
وَبارٌhyraxes تَضاغَتsquealed تَحتَbeneath كَهفٍa cave مُهَدَّمِruined
وَبارٌ تَضاغَت تَحتَ كَهفٍ مُهَدَّمِ
For the sons of Hizzan, when I struck them down,
When I repulsed the clan of Hizam,
Were hyraxes squealing beneath a ruined cave.
They were writhing like snakes in a crumbled cave.
إِذاwhen ماemphatic particle عَلَتit passed over جَوزَthe middle of الفَلاةِthe wilderness مُضِرَّةًbearing down
إِذا ما عَلَت جَوزَ الفَلاةِ مُضِرَّةً
عَلىupon الوَبرِthe hyraxes مِنof هِزّانَHizzan لَمnot يَتَرَمرَمِutters a sound
عَلى الوَبرِ مِن هِزّانَ لَم يَتَرَمرَمِ
When it passes over the heart of the wilderness, bearing down
When Mudar's she-camel breasted the barren tract,
On Hizzan's hyraxes, not one utters a sound.
No Hizami on the plain was left moaning.
عَوىhowled عَبدُthe slave of هِزّانٍHizzan شَقاءًin misery فَقَدfor indeed هَوىhe fell
عَوى عَبدُ هِزّانٍ شَقاءً فَقَد هَوى
مِنَfrom السُحقِa distant height لَمnot تَلحَقreach يَداهُhis two hands بِسُلَّمِto a ladder
مِنَ السُحقِ لَم تَلحَق يَداهُ بِسُلَّمِ
Hizzan's slave howled in misery, for he had fallen
Abd Hizam met misery, so he met it.
From a great height; his hands could not reach a ladder.
His hands reached not the rungs of a ladder.
Sol 6.1