أَراحِلٌdeparting? أَنْتَyou لَمْnot (past) تَحْلُلْyou alight بِمَنْقَبَةٍat Manqabah
أَراحِلٌ أَنْتَ لَمْ تَحْلُلْ بِمَنْقَبَةٍ
وَتارِكٌand leaving أَنْتَyou أُمَّUmm (mother of) الْفَضْلِal-Fadl بِالْحَرَمِin the sacred precinct
وَتارِكٌ أَنْتَ أُمَّ الْفَضْلِ بِالْحَرَمِ
Are you departing without having alighted at Manqabah,
And leaving Umm al-Fadl in the sacred precinct?
صَفْراءَgolden-hued رادِعَةًperfume-stained لَوْif تُعْصَرُshe were squeezed اعْتُصِرَتْshe would be squeezed out
صَفْراءَ رادِعَةً لَوْ تُعْصَرُ اعْتُصِرَتْ
مِنْfrom ذِيwhat is in الْقَوارِيرِthe flasks وَالْحِنَّاءِand henna وَالْكَتَمِand katam dye
مِنْ ذِي الْقَوارِيرِ وَالْحِنَّاءِ وَالْكَتَمِ
Golden-hued, perfume-stained—were she squeezed, she would yield
Perfume from flasks, and henna and katam.
يَرْتَجُّquivers ماwhat بَيْنَbetween كَعْبَيْهاher two ankles وَمَرْفِقِهاand her elbow
يَرْتَجُّ ما بَيْنَ كَعْبَيْها وَمَرْفِقِها
إِذاwhen تَأَنَّتْshe takes her time قِياماًin rising ثُمَّthen لَمْnot (past) تَقُمِshe gets up
إِذا تَأَنَّتْ قِياماً ثُمَّ لَمْ تَقُمِ
What lies between her ankles and her elbow quivers
When she slowly makes to rise, then does not get up.
أَشْباهُlikenesses أُمِّUmm (mother of) حَكِيمٍHakim إِذْwhen تُواصِلُناshe keeps ties with us
أَشْباهُ أُمِّ حَكِيمٍ إِذْ تُواصِلُنا
وَالْحَبْلُand the cord مِنْهاfrom her مَتِينٌstrong غَيْرُnot مُنْجَذِمِsevered
وَالْحَبْلُ مِنْها مَتِينٌ غَيْرُ مُنْجَذِمِ
Like Umm Hakim, when she kept her bond with us,
And the cord joining us to her was strong, unsevered.
إِحْدَىone woman بَنِيthe descendants of عامِرٍAmir جُنَّwent mad الْفُؤادُthe heart بِهاover her
إِحْدَى بَنِي عامِرٍ جُنَّ الْفُؤادُ بِها
وَلَوْand if تَشاءُshe wishes شَفَتْshe would cure كَعْباًKa'b مِنَfrom السَّقَمِthe sickness
وَلَوْ تَشاءُ شَفَتْ كَعْباً مِنَ السَّقَمِ
A woman of Banu Amir—the heart went mad for her;
And if she wished, she would cure Ka'b of his sickness.
فَرْعُthe foremost of النِّساءِwomen وَفَرْعُand the foremost of الْقَوْمِthe people والِدُهاher father
فَرْعُ النِّساءِ وَفَرْعُ الْقَوْمِ والِدُها
أَهْلُpeople of التِّحِلَّةِdischarge of oaths وَالْإِيفاءِand fulfillment بِالذِّمَمِof covenants
أَهْلُ التِّحِلَّةِ وَالْإِيفاءِ بِالذِّمَمِ
She is the crown of women, and her father the crown of his people,
People who discharge their oaths and fulfill their covenants.
لَمْnot (past) أَرَI see شَمْساًa sun بِلَيْلٍat night قَبْلَهاbefore her طَلَعَتْrose
لَمْ أَرَ شَمْساً بِلَيْلٍ قَبْلَها طَلَعَتْ
حَتَّىuntil تَجَلَّتْshe shone forth لَناto us فِيin لَيْلَةِa night الظُّلَمِdarkness
حَتَّى تَجَلَّتْ لَنا فِي لَيْلَةِ الظُّلَمِ
I had seen no sun rise at night before her,
Until she shone forth to us on a night of darkness.
Sol 6.1