وَدُهْمٍand black hearthstones كسَوْنَthey clothed اللّيلَthe night سودَblack ثيابهِits robes
وَدُهْمٍ كسَوْنَ اللّيلَ سودَ ثيابهِ
عليهنّupon them فيحاءُspacious الفروجthe openings فَؤرُfiercely boiling
عليهنّ فيحاءُ الفروج فَؤرُ
And black hearthstones clothed the night in its black robes;
upon them stood a wide-mouthed, seething cauldron.
علتْit rose high والمنىand hopes ترنوgaze إليهاtoward it كماjust as علاrose high
علتْ والمنى ترنو إليها كما علا
مليكٌa king علىupon كرسيّهhis throne وأميرُand a prince
مليكٌ على كرسيّه وأميرُ
It rose high, while hopes gazed toward it, as rose
a king upon his throne and a prince.
منَamong اللّاتِthose which فيهنin them السَّديفُhump-fat كأنّهas though it were
منَ اللّاتِ فيهن السَّديفُ كأنّه
إذاwhen ماemphatic particle تراءتهbehold it العيونthe eyes ثبيرُMount Thabir
إذا ما تراءته العيون ثبيرُ
One of those in which the hump-fat seems,
when eyes behold it, like Mount Thabir.
يُحزنَare reserved لأضيافfor the guests of الشّتاءwinter فكلُّso everyone مَنwho
يُحزنَ لأضياف الشّتاء فكلُّ مَن
أرادdesired القِرىhospitality منهنّfrom them فهْوَthen he قديرُis able
أراد القِرى منهنّ فهْوَ قديرُ
They are reserved for winter's guests, so everyone who
seeks hospitality from them can obtain it.
كأنّas though شحومَthe fat of البُزَّلِfull-grown camels الكُومِhigh-humped وسطهاwithin it
كأنّ شحومَ البُزَّلِ الكُومِ وسطها
يطارحهtosses it about فوّارهنّtheir seething surge صبيرُa cloud-bank
يطارحه فوّارهنّ صبيرُ
As though the fat of full-grown, high-humped camels within it
were a cloud-bank tossed by their seething surge.
فَماso no لِلبُيوتِfor the houses دونَهنّbefore them مغالقٌlocks
فَما لِلبُيوتِ دونَهنّ مغالقٌ
ولاnor للكلابِfor the dogs حولهنّaround them هريرُgrowling
ولا للكلابِ حولهنّ هريرُ
So no house has locks barring the way to them,
nor do the dogs around them growl.
فكمand how many عُقِرتْwas slaughtered منfor أجلهنّtheir sake شِمِلَّةٌa swift she-camel
فكم عُقِرتْ من أجلهنّ شِمِلَّةٌ
وذاقand tasted الرّدىdeath حتّىuntil فَهِقْنَthey became brimful بعيرُa camel
وذاق الرّدى حتّى فَهِقْنَ بعيرُ
How many a swift she-camel was slaughtered for their sake,
and many a camel tasted death until they were filled to the brim!
Sol 6.1