هاجَstirred المَنازِلُthe dwellings رِحلةَthe journey of المُشتاقِthe yearning lover
هاجَ المَنازِلُ رِحلةَ المُشتاقِ
دِمَنٌold campsite traces وآياتٌand signs لَبِثْنَremained بَواقيsurviving
دِمَنٌ وآياتٌ لَبِثْنَ بَواقي
The dwellings stirred the yearning lover to journey—
The dwellings yearned for the journey of the longing one
Old campsite traces and signs that linger still.
Blood and verses remained as ruins
لَبِسَwore down الروامسُthe trace-burying winds والجديدُand ever-renewing time بِلاهماtheir decay
لَبِسَ الروامسُ والجديدُ بِلاهما
فتركنَso they left them مثلَlike المهرقِparchment الأخلاقِtattered
فتركنَ مثلَ المهرقِ الأخلاقِ
The burying winds and ever-renewing time wore them down,
The bankruptcy wore new clothes without them
Leaving them like a tattered sheet of parchment,
So they left like torn morals
للحارثيَّةِbelonging to al-Harithiyya ، قَبلَbefore أنthat تَنأىcarry far away النَّوىseparation
للحارثيَّةِ ، قَبلَ أن تَنأى النَّوى
بِهِمِthem ، وإِذand when هيَshe لاnot تُريدُwishes فِراقيparting from me
بِهِمِ ، وإِذ هيَ لا تُريدُ فِراقي
Al-Harithiyya's, before separation carried off
For al-Harithiya, before the motives withdrew
Them, while she had no wish to part from me.
With them, and when she does not want to part from me
ومَجَرُّand the track of سارِيةٍa night-traveling cloud تَجُرُّdragging ذُيولَهاits skirts
ومَجَرُّ سارِيةٍ تَجُرُّ ذُيولَها
نوسَthe swaying of النعامِostriches ، تناطُsuspended بالأعناقِby the necks
نوسَ النعامِ ، تناطُ بالأعناقِ
And the track of a night-cloud dragging its skirts,
And the orbit of a raised hand dragging its trains
Swaying like ostriches suspended by their necks.
Like the plumage of ostriches, clinging to necks
مِصرِيَّةٍEgyptian ، نَكباءَwind-slanted أعرَضَspread wide شَيمُهاits lightning
مِصرِيَّةٍ ، نَكباءَ أعرَضَ شَيمُها
بأشابةٍat Ashaba ، فزرودَthen Zarud ، فالأفلاقِthen al-Aflaq
بأشابةٍ ، فزرودَ ، فالأفلاقِ
An Egyptian cloud, wind-slanted, its lightning spreading wide
An Egyptian woman, whose nature arrogance had turned away
Over Ashaba, then Zarud, then al-Aflaq.
With an Abyssinian, so it mingled, and the horizon
هَتكَتْtore open علىover عُوذِnewly calved mothers النِّعَاجِthe wild cows بُيوتَهاtheir shelters
هَتكَتْ على عُوذِ النِّعَاجِ بُيوتَها
فيقمعنَso they take cover للركباتِamong the thickets ، والأوراقِand foliage
فيقمعنَ للركباتِ ، والأوراقِ
It tore open the shelters of the wild cows with young,
Her houses were ravaged over the shelters of sheep
So they take cover among the thickets and foliage.
So they hurried to the riders, and the papers
فتَرَىthen you see مَذانِبَthe channels of كُلِّeach مَدفَعِoutfall of تَلْعةٍa ravine
فتَرَى مَذانِبَ كُلِّ مَدفَعِ تَلْعةٍ
عجلتْhastened سواقهاtheir streams منfrom الإتآقِbrimming fullness
عجلتْ سواقها من الإتآقِ
You see the channels of each ravine's outfall,
So you see the flanks of every roaring canon
Their streams rushing from their overflowing fullness.
Its drivers hurried from integration
فكأَنَّas though مَدفَعَthe outfall of سَيلthe flood of كُلِّeach دَميثةٍsoft-soiled hollow
فكأَنَّ مَدفَعَ سَيل كُلِّ دَميثةٍ
يعطىis given بذيwith something having هدبٍa fringe ، منof الأعلاقِprecious goods
يعطى بذي هدبٍ ، من الأعلاقِ
As though the flood-outlet of every soft-soiled hollow
It is as if every blood-spiller canon
Were given some precious cloth with fringes,
Gives those with humps, from the summits
منْfrom نسجِthe weaving of بصرىBusra والمدائنand al-Mada'in . نشرتْspread out
منْ نسجِ بصرى والمدائن . نشرتْ
للبيعfor sale يومon the day of تحضُّرِthe thronging of الأسواقِthe markets
للبيع يوم تحضُّرِ الأسواقِ
Woven in Busra and al-Mada'in, spread out
From the weaving of Basra and the cities. She spread out
For sale on the day the markets are thronged.
For sale on the day the markets were prepared
فوقفتُso I halted فيهاin it ناقتيmy she-camel ، فتحنَّنتْand she moaned yearningly
فوقفتُ فيها ناقتي ، فتحنَّنتْ
لِهَوَىfrom longing for الرَّواحِevening departure ، تَتُوقُshe yearns كُلَّevery مَتاقِyearning
لِهَوَى الرَّواحِ ، تَتُوقُ كُلَّ مَتاقِ
So I halted my she-camel there, and she moaned yearningly,
So I stopped my she-camel there, and she yearned
Longing for the evening journey, yearning to the utmost.
For the passion of the wind, craving every pleasure
أَرسَلتُI sent loose هَوجاءَheadlong النَّجاءِin speed ، كأنَّهاas though she were
أَرسَلتُ هَوجاءَ النَّجاءِ ، كأنَّها
إذْwhen همَّwas about to أسفلُthe lower part of حشوهاher entrails بنفاقِbursting open
إذْ همَّ أسفلُ حشوها بنفاقِ
I let loose a she-camel headlong in her speed, as though she were—
I sent the madwomen of salvation, as if
When her lower belly seemed about to burst—
When the contents of her abdomen intrigued with hypocrisy
متخرّفٌan autumn-grazing wild ass ، سلبَstripped الربيعُspring رداءهُhis cloak
متخرّفٌ ، سلبَ الربيعُ رداءهُ
صخبُclamorous in الظلامِthe darkness ، يجيبُanswering كلَّevery نهاقِbray
صخبُ الظلامِ ، يجيبُ كلَّ نهاقِ
An autumn-grazing wild ass, stripped of his cloak by spring,
A wanderer, whom spring had stripped of his cloak
Clamorous in darkness, answering every bray,
The clamor of darkness, answering every brayer
منْfrom أخدِthe hollows of ريَّاتِthe lush tracts of الدَّناal-Dana ، التفعتْwrapped themselves لهُaround him
منْ أخدِ ريَّاتِ الدَّنا ، التفعتْ لهُ
بُهْمَىbrome-grass of النِّقاعِthe watered hollows ، وَلَجَّand he persisted فيin إِحناقِfurious haste
بُهْمَى النِّقاعِ ، وَلَجَّ في إِحناقِ
From the lush hollows of al-Dana; about him wrapped
Who took the scraps of the lowly world, it cooked for him
The lowlands' brome-grass, as he pressed on in furious haste.
With the gloom of squalor, and he entered into strangulation
صخبُclamorous الشواربِthe throat-veins والوتينِand the aorta ، كأنَّهas though he
صخبُ الشواربِ والوتينِ ، كأنَّه
مماfrom how يُغَرِّدُhe warbles مَوهِناlate at night بِخِناقِin a choking fit
مما يُغَرِّدُ مَوهِنا بِخِناقِ
His throat-veins and aorta clamor, as though,
The clamor of the moustaches and braids, as if it
When singing late at night, he were being throttled.
Is what our weakness chirps with strangulation
فيamong عانةٍa herd of wild asses شُسُبٍlean ، أَشَدَّhe drove hard جِحاشَهاits foals ،
في عانةٍ شُسُبٍ ، أَشَدَّ جِحاشَها ،
شُزُبٍgaunt ، كأَقواسِlike bows of السَّراءِsara-wood ، دِقاقِslender
شُزُبٍ ، كأَقواسِ السَّراءِ ، دِقاقِ
Among lean wild she-asses, he drove their foals hard—
In a dazed state, its blindness intensifies,
Gaunt, slender as bows of sara-wood.
Dishevelled, like the arcs of Sira’a, thin
وكأنَّand as though ريقتهاher saliva ، إذاwhen نبَّتهاroused her (reading uncertain) ،
وكأنَّ ريقتها ، إذا نبَّتها ،
كأسٌa cup of wine ، يُصَفِّقُهاdecants it لِشُربٍfor drinkers ساقيa cupbearer
كأسٌ ، يُصَفِّقُها لِشُربٍ ساقي
And her saliva, when she is roused, seems like
And its saliva, when it oozes, is like
A cup a cupbearer decants for a drinking company:
A cup, which a pourer claps for a drinker
صِرْفٌunmixed wine ، تَرَىyou see قَعرَthe bottom of الإِناءِthe vessel وَرَاءَهَاthrough it
صِرْفٌ ، تَرَى قَعرَ الإِناءِ وَرَاءَهَا
توديdoes away بعقلِwith the reason of المرءِa person قبلَbefore فواقِa brief moment
تودي بعقلِ المرءِ قبلَ فواقِ
Unmixed wine, through which you see the vessel's bottom,
A draft, you see the bottom of the vessel behind it
Stealing a man's reason before a moment passes.
It would take away the mind of a person before awareness
ينسىhe forgets للذَّتهاfor its pleasure أصالةَthe deep-rootedness of حلمهِhis self-restraint
ينسى للذَّتها أصالةَ حلمهِ
فيَظَلُّso he remains بَينَbetween النَّومِsleep والإِطراقِand head-bowed silence
فيَظَلُّ بَينَ النَّومِ والإِطراقِ
For its pleasure he forgets his deep-rooted self-restraint,
He forgets the origin of his dream in its pleasure
Remaining between sleep and head-bowed silence.
And remains between sleep and dozing
٠فتَرَىthen you see النِّعاجَthe wild cows بِهاin it ، تَمشَّىwalking خِلْفةًback and forth
٠فتَرَى النِّعاجَ بِها ، تَمشَّى خِلْفةً
مشيthe gait of العباديّينَthe ʿIbadi folk فيin الأمواقِleather boots
مشي العباديّينَ في الأمواقِ
You see the wild cows there, walking back and forth,
So you see the sheep walking behind it in single file
Like the ʿIbadi folk in their leather boots.
Like the walk of devotees in sanctuaries
يسمرنَthey browse by night وحفاًdense herbage ، فوقهupon it ماءُthe water of النَّدىdew ،
يسمرنَ وحفاً ، فوقه ماءُ النَّدى ،
والنَّبتَand the herbage ، كلَّevery علاقةٍhanging spray ونطاقِand girdling growth
والنَّبتَ ، كلَّ علاقةٍ ونطاقِ
They browse by night on dense herbage, dew lying upon it,
They stand still in a circle, above them the dew water,
And every trailing spray and belt of herbage.
And vegetation, every bond and range
ولقدand indeed هبطتُI descended to الغيثَrain-fed pasture ، حلَّsettled بهin it النَّدىthe dew
ولقد هبطتُ الغيثَ ، حلَّ به النَّدى
يرففنَthey lap up فاضلهُits surplus علىon الأشداقِthe sides of the mouth
يرففنَ فاضلهُ على الأشداقِ
I have descended to rain-fed pasture where dew had settled;
And I had descended rain, on which dew descended
They lap its lingering moisture from their mouths.
Spilling its surplus upon the lips
أَهدِيI guide بهِthrough it سَلَفاan advance party ، يَكونُis حَدِيثُهُمْtheir talk
أَهدِي بهِ سَلَفا ، يَكونُ حَدِيثُهُمْ
خَطَراwagers ، وذِكرَand mention of تَقَامِرٍmutual gambling وسِباقِand racing
خَطَرا ، وذِكرَ تَقَامِرٍ وسِباقِ
I guide through it an advance party whose talk is
I gift it to predecessors, so it would be their
Of wagers, and tales of gambling and racing.
Talk, and mention of gambling and racing
حتىuntil إذاwhen جاءَcomes المثوبُthe alarm-raiser ، قدْalready رأىhe has seen
حتى إذا جاءَ المثوبُ ، قدْ رأى
أسداًa lion ، وطالَand grow long نواجذُthe back teeth of المفراقِthe coward
أسداً ، وطالَ نواجذُ المفراقِ
Until, when the alarm-raiser comes, having seen
Until when the found came, it had seen
A lion, and the coward's back teeth seem to lengthen,
A lion, and the tufts of separation became long
لَبِسواthey donned ، مِنَof الماذِيِّfine mail ، كُلَّevery مُفاضةٍample coat of armor
لَبِسوا ، مِنَ الماذِيِّ ، كُلَّ مُفاضةٍ
كالنّهِيlike a pool ، يَومَon the day of رياحِهِits winds ، الرَّقراقِshimmering
كالنّهِي ، يَومَ رياحِهِ ، الرَّقراقِ
They don ample coats of finely woven mail,
They wore, of soft leather, every deluge
Shimmering like a pool upon a windy day,
Like the anklets, on its windy day, tinkling
منْfrom نسجِthe weaving of دوادٍDuwad ، وآلِand the house of محرقٍMuharriq
منْ نسجِ دوادٍ ، وآلِ محرقٍ
غالٍcostly غَرائبُهُنَّtheir rare specimens فيin الاthe (fragment) فاقِhorizons (fragment)
غالٍ غَرائبُهُنَّ في الا فاقِ
Woven by Duwad and the house of Muharriq;
Of the weaving of Duwad and the House of Muhriq
Their rare specimens are costly across the horizons.
Its oddities are expensive in the horizons
ومنَحتُهُمand I gave them نَفسيmyself ، وآمِنةَand a mare sound in الشَّظَىthe splint-bones
ومنَحتُهُم نَفسي ، وآمِنةَ الشَّظَى
جَرداءَsleek ، ذاتَpossessing كَرِيهةٍbattle-mettle ونِزاقِand fiery restlessness
جَرداءَ ، ذاتَ كَرِيهةٍ ونِزاقِ
And I gave them myself, and a mare sound in her shank-bones,
And I gave them myself, and the security of barrenness
Sleek, with battle-mettle and a fiery spirit.
Bare, of ugly nature and bickering
كالصَّعدةِlike a spear-shaft الجرداءِbare and smooth ، آمنَhas allayed خوفهاher fear
كالصَّعدةِ الجرداءِ ، آمنَ خوفها
لطفُthe gentleness of الدَّواءِtreatment ، وأكرمُand the noblest الأعراقِbloodlines
لطفُ الدَّواءِ ، وأكرمُ الأعراقِ
Like a bare spear-shaft; her fear has been eased
Like bare jaundice, its fear is secured
By gentle treatment and the noblest bloodlines.
By the kindness of medicine, and the most generous of constitutions
تشأىshe outstrips الجيادَthe fine horses ، فيعترينَso they strive لشأوهاto match her course
تشأى الجيادَ ، فيعترينَ لشأوها
وإِذاand when شأَواthey outstrip her لحِقَتْshe catches up بحُسنِwith fine لَحاقِovertaking
وإِذا شأَوا لحِقَتْ بحُسنِ لَحاقِ
She outstrips the racers, who strive to match her course;
It desires the steeds, so they are ridden because of its desire
And if they gain the lead, she catches them in fine style.
And when they desire, they catch up with beauty of pace
وأَصَمَّand a solid lance صَدقاtrustworthy ، مِنof رِماحِthe spears of رُدَينةٍRudayna
وأَصَمَّ صَدقا ، مِن رِماحِ رُدَينةٍ
بيديin the hands of غلامِa youth of كريهةٍbattle ، مخراقِa daring charger
بيدي غلامِ كريهةٍ ، مخراقِ
And a solid, trusty lance, one of Rudayna's spears,
And it silenced truth, with the spears of Rudaina
In the hands of a young warrior, a daring charger,
With my hand, an unpleasant adolescent, tearing
شاكٍfully armed ، يشدُّhe charges علىtoward المضافِthe hard-pressed ، ويدَّعيand proclaims his name
شاكٍ ، يشدُّ على المضافِ ، ويدَّعي
إذْwhen لاتوافقُdo not align شعبتاthe two prongs of الإيفاقِthe arrow-nock
إذْ لاتوافقُ شعبتا الإيفاقِ
Armed, charging toward the hard-pressed and proclaiming his name,
Doubtful, insisting on the addition, and claiming
When the nock's two prongs will not align.
When the two statements of spending do not agree
إنيindeed I am امرؤa man ، منfrom عصبةٍa band سعديَّةٍof Saʿd
إني امرؤ ، من عصبةٍ سعديَّةٍ
ذرkeen- (fragment) بى-edged (fragment) الأسنَّةِthe spearheads كلَّevery يومِday of تلاقيencounter
ذر بى الأسنَّةِ كلَّ يومِ تلاقي
I am a man of a Saʿdi band,
I am a man, from the Sa’idi tribe
Keen-speared on every day of encounter.
Leave the sons of donkeys every day you meet
لاnot يَنظُرونَthey stare إِذاwhen الكَتِيبةُthe battalion أَحجَمَتْholds back
لا يَنظُرونَ إِذا الكَتِيبةُ أَحجَمَتْ
نظرَthe gaze of الجمالِcamels ، كربنَweighed down بالأوساقِwith loads
نظرَ الجمالِ ، كربنَ بالأوساقِ
They do not stare when the battalion holds back
They do not look when the battalion recoils
Like camels weighed down with their loads.
The look of camels, they fled with the fleeces
يكفونَthey repel غاسبهمْtheir assailant ، ويقضىand is settled أمرهمْtheir affair
يكفونَ غاسبهمْ ، ويقضى أمرهمْ
فيin غيرِthe absence of نقصٍshortcoming منهمُamong them ، وشقاقِand discord
في غيرِ نقصٍ منهمُ ، وشقاقِ
They repel their assailant, and their affairs are settled
They restrain their adversary, and their matter is decided
Without any failing or discord among them.
Without any defect in them, and conflict
والخَيلُand the horses تَعلمُknow مَنwho يَبُلُّdrenches نُحورَهاtheir breasts
والخَيلُ تَعلمُ مَن يَبُلُّ نُحورَها
بدَمٍwith blood ، كماءِlike the liquid of العَنْدَمِʿandam red dye المُهرَاقِspilled
بدَمٍ ، كماءِ العَنْدَمِ المُهرَاقِ
And the horses know who drenches their breasts
And the horses know who wets their necks
With blood like spilled red ʿandam dye.
With blood, like spilled sweet basil juice
Sol 6.1