Sol 6.1

  1. وَيَومِ دَجنٍ مُعلَمِ البُردَينِ

    سَماؤُهُ بِالغَيمِ في لَونَينِ

    And on a cloudy day, its two cloaks patterned,

    its sky showed two colors with the clouds,

  2. كَأَنَّها وَقَد بَدَت لِلعَينِ

    فَيروزَجٌ يَلمَعُ في لَونَينِ

    as though, when it appeared to the eye,

    it were turquoise gleaming in two colors.

  3. قَضَيتُ فيهِ بِالسُرورِ دَيني

    وَسِرتُ أَفلي مَفرِقَ الشَعبَينِ

    That day I paid my debt with joy,

    and rode, combing the fork of the two ravines,

  4. بِأَدهَمٍ مُحَجَّلِ الرِجلَينِ

    سَبطِ الأَديمِ مُفلَقِ اليَدَينِ

    on a black horse, both hind legs white-marked,

    smooth-skinned, both forelegs unmarked [uncertain reading],

  5. خَصبَ العَطاةِ ماحِلِ الرُسغَينِ

    وَسَربِ وَحشٍ مُذ بَدا لِعَيني

    full in the croup [uncertain reading], lean at both fetlocks.

    And when a herd of wild beasts came into my view,

  6. عارَضتُهُ في مُنتَهى السَفحَينِ

    بِأَرقَطٍ مُخَطَّطِ الأُذنَينِ

    I intercepted it at the end of the two slopes,

    with a spotted beast, both ears striped,

  7. ناقي الجَبينِ أَهرَتِ الشِدقَينِ

    أَفطَسَ سَبطِ الشَعرِ صافِ العَينِ

    clear-browed, wide at both corners of the mouth,

    flat-nosed, straight-haired, clear-eyed,

  8. يَنظُرُ في اللَيلِ بِجَمرَتَينِ

    ذي كَحَلٍ سالَ مِنَ العَينَينِ

    gazing at night with two glowing coals,

    with kohl that flowed from its two eyes

  9. فَخَطَّ لامَينِ عَلى الخَدَّينِ

    مُحَدَّدِ النابَينِ وَالظَفرَينِ

    and drew two lām letters upon its two cheeks;

    sharp in both fangs and both claws,

  10. كَأَنَّما يَكشِرُ عَن نَصلَينِ

    لَيسَ لَهُ عَهدٌ بِضَربِ قَينِ

    as though it bares two blades

    that have never known a smith's blows;

  11. رَقيقِ لَحمِ الزَندِ وَالساقَينِ

    ذي ذَنَبٍ أَملَسَ غَيرِ شَينِ

    lean of flesh at the forearm and both shanks,

    with a smooth tail, free of blemish.

  12. فَخاتَلَ السَربَ بِخُطوَتَينِ

    وَأَردَفَ الخَطوَ بِوَثبَتَينِ

    Then it stalked the herd with two steps,

    and followed those steps with two leaps.

  13. فَكانَ فيها كَغُرابِ البَينِ

    فَرَّقَها قَبلَ بُلوغِ الحَينِ

    So among them it was like the raven of parting:

    it scattered them before the hour of death,

  14. وَنالَ مِنها عَفَرَ المَتنَينِ

    أَجيَدَ مَصقولِ الإِهابِ زَينِ

    and caught one of them, dust-colored on both loins,

    long-necked, polished of hide, handsome.

  15. جَدَّلَهُ في مُلتَقى الصَفينِ

    وَلَم يَحُل ما بَينَهُ وَبَيني

    It felled the quarry where the two ranks met,

    and what lay between it and me was no hindrance.

  16. نِلتُ بِمُهري وَبِهِ كَفلَينِ

    إِنَّهما لِلصَيدِ عُدَّتَينِ

    Through my colt and through it I gained two shares;

    indeed, they are two aids for the hunt.

  17. لا يَحسُنُ اللَهوَ بِغَيرِ ذينِ

    Sport is no pleasure without these two.