أَدِّيdeliver الرِّسَالَةَthe message يَاO عُصْفُورَةَbird الْواَدِيthe valley
أَدِّي الرِّسَالَةَ يَا عُصْفُورَةَ الْواَدِي
وَبَاكِرِيand visit at dawn الْحَيَّthe community مِنْfrom قَوْلِيmy words بِإِنْشَادِwith recitation
وَبَاكِرِي الْحَيَّ مِنْ قَوْلِي بِإِنْشَادِ
Deliver the message, O bird of the valley,
Deliver the message, O bird of the valley
And visit the folk at dawn, reciting my words.
And hasten with my words in song
تَرَقَّبِيwatch for سِنَةَdrowsiness الْحُرَّاسِthe guards وانْطَلِقِيand set off
تَرَقَّبِي سِنَةَ الْحُرَّاسِ وانْطَلِقِي
بَيْنَamong الْخَمَائِلِthe leafy groves مِنْof لُبْنَانَLebanon وَارْتَادِيand roam
بَيْنَ الْخَمَائِلِ مِنْ لُبْنَانَ وَارْتَادِي
Wait for the guards to doze, and fly forth
Watch over the year of the guards and set forth
Among Lebanon's leafy groves, and roam.
Among the thickets from Lebanon and wander
لَعَلَّperhaps نَغْمَةَa note وُدٍّaffection مِنْكِfrom you شَائِقَةًenchanting
لَعَلَّ نَغْمَةَ وُدٍّ مِنْكِ شَائِقَةً
تَهُزُّsways عِطْفَside شَكِيبٍShakib كَوْكَبِstar النَّادِيthe assembly
تَهُزُّ عِطْفَ شَكِيبٍ كَوْكَبِ النَّادِي
Perhaps an enchanting note of affection from you
Perhaps a melody of affection from you, yearning
Will set Shakib swaying, the star of the assembly.
Will stir the compassion of Shakib, star of the assembly
هُوَhe الْهُمامُthe noble champion الَّذِيwho أَحْيَاrevived بِمَنْطِقِهِthrough his eloquence
هُوَ الْهُمامُ الَّذِي أَحْيَا بِمَنْطِقِهِ
آثَارَlegacy قَوْمٍa people أَجَادُواexcelled at النُّطْقَspeech بِالضَّادِin Arabic, the tongue of ḍād
آثَارَ قَوْمٍ أَجَادُوا النُّطْقَ بِالضَّادِ
He is the noble champion who, through his eloquence, revived
He is the protector who revived with his speech
The legacy of a people who excelled in speaking the tongue of ḍād.
The traces of a people who excelled in speech with the emphatic d
تَلْقَيyou find بِهِin him أَحْنَفَAhnaf الأَخْلاقِcharacter مُنْتَدِياًsitting in council
تَلْقَي بِهِ أَحْنَفَ الأَخْلاقِ مُنْتَدِياً
وَفِيand in الْكَرِيهَةِbattle عَمْراًAmr وَابْنَand the son of شَدَّادِShaddad
وَفِي الْكَرِيهَةِ عَمْراً وَابْنَ شَدَّادِ
In council, you find in him an Ahnaf in character,
You will meet him, the most noble of manners, seeking
And in battle, an Amr and an Ibn Shaddad.
And in Kariba, Amr and the son of Shaddad
أَخِيmy brother وِدَاداًin affection وَحَسْبِيand enough for me أَنَّهُthat it is نَسَبٌkinship
أَخِي وِدَاداً وَحَسْبِي أَنَّهُ نَسَبٌ
خَالِيfree الصَّحِيفَةِthe page مِنْof غِلٍّrancor وَأَحْقَادِand grudges
خَالِي الصَّحِيفَةِ مِنْ غِلٍّ وَأَحْقَادِ
My brother in affection; enough for me that this is a kinship
A brother in affection and my pride that he is a lineage
Whose page is free of rancor and grudges.
Free of fraud and hatred in origin
أَفَادَنِيhe imparted to me أَدَباًliterary refinement مِنْfrom مَنْطِقٍspeech شَهِدَتْbore witness
أَفَادَنِي أَدَباً مِنْ مَنْطِقٍ شَهِدَتْ
بِفَضْلِهِto its excellence النَّاسُthe people مِنْamong قَارٍa settled dweller وَمِنْand among بَادِيa desert dweller
بِفَضْلِهِ النَّاسُ مِنْ قَارٍ وَمِنْ بَادِي
He imparted literary refinement to me through speech; witness was borne
He imparted to me the literature of eloquent speech
To its excellence by people, settled and nomadic alike.
By whose merit people witnessed from settler and nomad
عَذْبِsweet الشَّرِيعَةِthe watering-place لَوْif أَنَّthat السَّحَابَthe clouds هَمَىpoured rain
عَذْبِ الشَّرِيعَةِ لَوْ أَنَّ السَّحَابَ هَمَى
بِمِثْلِهِwith its like لَمْnot يَدَعْleave فيon الأَرْضِthe earth مِنْany صَادِيthirsty person
بِمِثْلِهِ لَمْ يَدَعْ في الأَرْضِ مِنْ صَادِي
Sweet is its watering-place; were the clouds to pour down
Sweet of canon law - if only the clouds had intended
Its like, they would leave no thirsty soul on earth.
The like of it, it would not have left a watercourse on earth
سَرَتْcoursed بِقَلْبِيthrough my heart مِنْهُfrom it نَشْوَةٌrapture مَلَكَتْcaptivated
سَرَتْ بِقَلْبِي مِنْهُ نَشْوَةٌ مَلَكَتْ
بِحُسْنِهَاwith its beauty مِسْمَعِيmy ear عَنْaway from نَغْمَةِmelody الشَّادِيthe singer
بِحُسْنِهَا مِسْمَعِي عَنْ نَغْمَةِ الشَّادِي
A rapture from it coursed through my heart, captivating
There crept into my heart from him an intoxication that
My ear with its beauty, turning it from the singer's song.
Captivated my hearing from the melody of the singer
يَاO بْنَson of الْكِرَامِthe noble عَدَتْنِيkept me away عَنْكَfrom you عَادِيَةٌa calamity
يَا بْنَ الْكِرَامِ عَدَتْنِي عَنْكَ عَادِيَةٌ
كَادَتْit nearly تَسُدُّshuts off عَلَىover عَيْنِيmy eye بِأَسْدَادِwith barriers
كَادَتْ تَسُدُّ عَلَى عَيْنِي بِأَسْدَادِ
O son of the noble, a calamity kept me from you,
O son of the generous - an enmity turned me from you
Almost shutting off my sight with barriers.
That almost barred my eyes with barricades
فَاعْذِرْso excuse أَخَاكَyour brother فَلَوْلاfor, were it not for ماwhat بِهِis with him لَجَرَىhe would have run
فَاعْذِرْ أَخَاكَ فَلَوْلا ما بِهِ لَجَرَى
فيin حَلْبَةِracecourse الشُّكْرِgratitude جَرْيَthe running of السَّابِقِthe one in the lead الْعَادِيrunning swiftly
في حَلْبَةِ الشُّكْرِ جَرْيَ السَّابِقِ الْعَادِي
So excuse your brother; but for what ails him, he would have run
So excuse your brother - for had it not been for what transpired
On gratitude's racecourse, like the swift runner in the lead.
In the arena of gratitude, the course of the excellent runner
وَهَاكَهاand take it تُحْفَةًa gift مِنِّيfrom me وَإِنْeven though صَغُرَتْit is small
وَهَاكَها تُحْفَةً مِنِّي وَإِنْ صَغُرَتْ
فَالدُرُّfor pearls وهْوَwhile it is صَغِيرٌsmall حَلْيُadornment أَجْيَادِnecks
فَالدُرُّ وهْوَ صَغِيرٌ حَلْيُ أَجْيَادِ
And take it as a gift from me, though it is small;
And here it is, a gift from me, though small
For pearls, though small, are adornments for necks.
For the pearl, though little, is the finery of the generous
Sol 6.1