هلملمHalmalam (name) هلمcome نلمlet us gather شعثdisarray قريضناour verse
هلملم هلم نلم شعث قريضنا
وبغيرand by other than دينthe creed of بنيthe sons of النسيبlove poetry ندينwe profess a faith
وبغير دين بني النسيب ندين
Halmalam, come: let us set our disheveled verse in order,
Gather up, gather up, my song
and follow a creed other than that of the sons of love poetry.
And without religion, we judge the offspring of kin.
فلقدfor indeed تناولناassailed us بلاذغwith the sting of نقدهhis criticism
فلقد تناولنا بلاذغ نقده
جزلweighty الحديثspeech أخوpossessor of حجاجargumentation رصينsound
جزل الحديث أخو حجاج رصين
For he has assailed us with the sting of his criticism—
We have surely enjoyed its flowery prose,
a weighty speaker, a man of solid argument.
Weighty speech, my wise brother Hajjaj.
تأبىrefuse to allow عليهfor him شمائلtraits قرشيةQurashi
تأبى عليه شمائل قرشية
أنthat تستخفcarry away بمثلناthe likes of us برفينBarfin (name)
أن تستخف بمثلنا برفين
His Qurashi traits will not let him accept
The traits of Quraysh refuse
that Barfin should carry the likes of us away.
To take us lightly, so refined.
مولايmy lord إِنindeed الحسنbeauty لاno وطنhomeland لهfor it
مولاي إِن الحسن لا وطن له
وحديثand the talk of إخوانthe brethren of الصفاءpurity شجونmany branches
وحديث إخوان الصفاء شجون
My lord, beauty has no homeland,
My lord, al-Hasan has no homeland,
and the talk of the Brethren of Purity has many branches.
And the speech of the brothers of purity are laments.
والأشرفيةand al-Ashrafiyya ماwhat blame علىupon ظبياتهاits gazelles
والأشرفية ما على ظبياتها
أَنthat لاnot تكونare رمالهاits sands يبرينYabrin (place name)
أَن لا تكون رمالها يبرين
And al-Ashrafiyya—what blame lies on its gazelles
The noblewomen, nothing in their gazelle-like eyes
because its sands are not those of Yabrin?
That their sands not be silky.
إنindeed العروبةArabness والتعاجمand foreignness فيin الهوىlove
إن العروبة والتعاجم في الهوى
سيalike فقدكso enough from you تهينناyou belittle us فنهونso we become lowly
سي فقدك تهيننا فنهون
Indeed, Arabness and foreignness in love
Arabness and foreignness in love
are alike; enough of your belittling us and bringing us low!
Are equal, so if you lose us, lament.
ودعand leave off الملامblame فماfor ... not يلينsoftens قناتناour spear shaft
ودع الملام فما يلين قناتنا
فيin حبهاloving her تعريضكyour insinuation الموزونmeasured
في حبها تعريضك الموزون
And leave off blame: our spear shaft does not bend
Leave off blame, for our fortitude does not
in loving her under your measured insinuation.
Soften for her, your subtle reproach.
هبsuppose شعرناour poetry فيabout الغانياتbeautiful women سخافةfoolishness
هب شعرنا في الغانيات سخافة
ورطانةand foreign babble وكماand as وددتyou wished يكونit is
ورطانة وكما وددت يكون
Suppose our poetry about beautiful women is foolishness
Grant our poetry in songs is inanity,
and foreign babble; let it be as you wished.
Lewdness and however you wish it be.
أفمالهdoes it then have no فيunder شرعthe law of نقدكyour criticism شافعintercessor
أفماله في شرع نقدك شافع
حتىeven ولوand even if أوحتinspired بهit برفينBarfin (name)
حتى ولو أوحت به برفين
Does it, then, have no intercessor under the law of your criticism,
Are his deeds in the creed of your critique intercessors
even if Barfin inspired it?
Even if the refined whisper it?
برفينBarfin (name) ياO مولايmy lord لاmay not عثرتstumble بكمover you
برفين يا مولاي لا عثرت بكم
فيin حلبةthe arena of النظرjudgment السديدsound عيونeyes
في حلبة النظر السديد عيون
Barfin, my lord—may you never be stumbled over
O my lord, the refined did not make you stumble
by eyes in the arena of sound judgment—
In the arena of straight insight.
رعبوبةa delicate beauty ومنand among المحاسنthe charms حسبهاenough for her
رعبوبة ومن المحاسن حسبها
أنthat الفؤادthe heart بحسنهاby her beauty مفتونis enthralled
أن الفؤاد بحسنها مفتون
is a delicate beauty; among her charms, it suffices
Loveliness, and her pedigree suffices her
that the heart is enthralled by her beauty.
That the heart be infatuated with her beauty.
لمdid not يثنهdeter it عنfrom أنthat يهيمbe infatuated بحبهاwith love for her
لم يثنه عن أن يهيم بحبها
عمرan age أقلthe least of سنيهits years خمسونfifty
عمر أقل سنيه خمسون
It has not been deterred from losing itself in love for her
Neither her youth of less than fifteen years
by an age of at least fifty years.
Prevented him from passionately loving her.
أوبعدand after هذاthis هلis there عليupon me وصاحبيand my companion
أوبعد هذا هل علي وصاحبي
حرجany blame إِذاif ناديتI called out ياO برفينBarfin (name)
حرج إِذا ناديت يا برفين
And after this, are my companion and I to bear
Or after this, is there any fault on me and my companion
any blame if I call out, “O Barfin!”
If I called “O Refined!”
وزعمتand I claimed أَنthat هناكthere is فتوىa religious legal opinion نصهاits wording
وزعمت أَن هناك فتوى نصها
باسمin the name of الأحبةthe beloveds يندبis recommended التأذينmaking the call to prayer
باسم الأحبة يندب التأذين
and claim there is a fatwa whose wording is:
And claimed that there is a ruling which states
“Making the prayer-call in the name of loved ones is recommended”?
In the name of the loved ones, prayer is prescribed?
Sol 6.1