أَتَعرِفُ أَم أَنكَرتَ أَطلالَ دِمنَةٍ
بِأَثبيتَ فَالجَونَينِ بالٍ جَديدُها
Do you recognize, or fail to recognize, the ruins of a campsite
Do you recognize or deny the ruins of Dimna
at Athbit, then al-Jawnayn, its freshness worn away?
At Athabit, where its sands are ever renewed?
لَيالِيَ هِندٌ حاجَةٌ لاتُريحُنا
بِبُخلٍ وَلا جودٍ فَيَنفَعَ جودُها
In nights when Hind was our longing, she gave us no relief,
The nights of India are of no avail to us
by withholding, nor by giving so that her bounty might benefit us.
With neither stinginess nor generosity can its generosity benefit
لَعَمري لَقَد أَشفَقتُ مِن شَرِّ نَظرَةٍ
تَقودُ الهَوى مِن رامَةٍ وَيَقودُها
By my life, I feared the harm of a glance
By my life, the evil of a glance troubles me
that leads passion from Ramah, and is led by passion in turn.
Leading desire to and fro
وَلَو صَرَمَت حَبلي أُمامَةُ تَبتَغي
زِيادَةَ حُبٍّ لَم أَجِد ماأُزيدُها
And even if Umamah severed my cord, seeking
And if Umma wished to sever my rope
more love, I would find nothing more to give her.
To increase a love I cannot augment
إِذا مُتُّ فَاِنعَيني لِأَضيافِ لَيلَةٍ
تَنَزَّلَ مِن صُلبِ السَماءِ جَليدُها
When I die, announce my death to the guests of a night
When I die, weep for the guests on a night
whose frost descended from the very heart of the sky.
Whose ice descends from the heights of the sky
مَتى تَرَ وَجهَ التَغلِبِيِّ تَقُل لَهُ
أَتى وَجهُ هَذا سَوأَةً أَو يُريدُها
Whenever you see the Taghlibi's face, you will say to him:
When you see the face of Taghlib, say to him
"This man's face has done a shameful deed, or intends one."
Did this face come for harm or intend it?
وَتَغلِبُ لا مِن ذاتِ فَرعٍ بِنَجوَةٍ
وَلا ذاتِ أَصلٍ يَشرَبُ الماءَ عودُها
And Taghlib springs from no tree with a branch on high ground,
Taghlib is not of the lineage of Far'a of deliverance
nor from a rooted tree whose trunk drinks water.
Nor of the lineage of roots that drink water and grow
أَبا مالِكٍ ذا الفَلسِ إِنَّ عَداوَتي
تُقَطِّعُ أَنفاسَ الرِجالِ صَعودُها
O Abu Malik, you of the coin, indeed my enmity
Abu Malik, destitute man, my enmity
has a steep ascent that cuts men's breath short.
Cuts short the breaths of men as it ascends
جَبَيتَ جَبا عَبدٍ فَأَصبَحتَ مورِداً
غَرائِبَ يَلقى ضَيعَةً مَن يَذودُها
You gathered as a slave gathers, and now bring to water
You have hemmed in a young slave and become a place
camels from other herds; whoever drives them meets with loss.
Of strange events for whoever would protect it
لَقَد صَبَّحَتكُم خَيلُ قَيسٍ كَأَنَّها
سَراحينُ دَجنٍ يَنفُضُ الطَلَّ سيدُها
Indeed, Qays's cavalry raided you at dawn, as though they were
Indeed the horses of Qais have roused you
wolves in the gloom, their wolf shaking off the dew.
As if they were untethered steeds shaking off the dew of Dajin
هُمُ الحامِلونَ الخَيلَ حَتّى تَقَحَّمَت
قَرابيسُها وَاِزدادَ مَوجاً لُبودُها
They are the ones who drove the horses on until
They bear the horses until their anklets penetrated
their saddle-bows plunged and their felt pads billowed ever more.
And their surge grew more tumultuous
لَقَد شَدَّ بِالخَيلِ الهُذَيلُ عَلَيكُمُ
عِنانَينِ يُمضي الخَيلَ ثُمَّ يُعيدُها
Al-Hudhayl indeed charged against you with the horses,
With the horses Taghlib restrained you
in two charges, sending the horses forward, then bringing them back.
Holding the reins, driving the horses and returning them
Sol 6.1