قُلتُI said لِغَلّاقٍto Ghallāq بِعَرنانَat ʿArnān ماwhat تَرىyou see
قُلتُ لِغَلّاقٍ بِعَرنانَ ما تَرى
فَماso not كادَhe nearly did ليto me عَنfrom ظَهرِsurface; back واضِحَةٍa white tooth يُبديhe reveals
فَما كادَ لي عَن ظَهرِ واضِحَةٍ يُبدي
I said to Ghallāq at ʿArnān, “What do you see?”
I said to a keeper with flowing hair, "What do you see?"
So he scarcely showed me the surface of a white tooth.
He could barely reveal to me anything clear.
تَبَسَّمَhe smiled كُرهاًunwillingly وَاِستَبَنتَand you discerned الَّذيthat which بِهِin him
تَبَسَّمَ كُرهاً وَاِستَبَنتَ الَّذي بِهِ
مِنَof الحَزَنِthe sorrow الباديevident وَمِنand of شِدَّةِintensity الوَجدِanguish
مِنَ الحَزَنِ البادي وَمِن شِدَّةِ الوَجدِ
He smiled unwillingly, and you discerned what was in him
He smiled reluctantly, and what he was feeling became apparent -
Of evident sorrow and intense anguish.
Grief showing through, and intense ardour.
إِذاwhen المَرءُa man أَغراهُhe incited him الصَديقَthe friend بَداappeared لَهُto him
إِذا المَرءُ أَغراهُ الصَديقَ بَدا لَهُ
بِأَرضِin the land of الأَعاديthe enemies بَعضُsome of أَلوانِهاits colors الرُبدِdusky; dust-gray
بِأَرضِ الأَعادي بَعضُ أَلوانِها الرُبدِ
When a man incites his friend, there appear to him
When someone is misled by a friend, it seems to him
In the enemies’ land some of its dusky hues.
In enemy territory, some of its bleakness.
Sol 6.1