أَنتَyou اِبنُson of مُسلَنطَحِthe broad, level expanse of البِطاحthe plains وَلَمand did not
أَنتَ اِبنُ مُسلَنطَحِ البِطاح وَلَم
تُطرِقُclose over عَلَيكَover you الحُنِيُّwinding valleys وَالوُلُجُand sheltered hollows
تُطرِقُ عَلَيكَ الحُنِيُّ وَالوُلُجُ
You are a son of the plains’ broad expanse, and never
You are the son of Muslantah Al-Bitah, and
Have winding valleys and sheltered hollows closed over you.
Neither affection nor intimacy have touched you.
طوبىblessedness لِفَرعَيكَfor your two branches مِنfrom هُناhere وَهُناand here
طوبى لِفَرعَيكَ مِن هُنا وَهُنا
طوبىblessedness لأَعراقِكَfor your ancestral roots الَّتيwhich تَشِجُintertwine
طوبى لأَعراقِكَ الَّتي تَشِجُ
Blessed be your two branches, from this side and that;
Blessed are your branches here and there,
Blessed be your ancestral roots, which intertwine.
Blessed are your roots that grow.
لَوif قُلتُI said لِلسَيلِto the torrent دَعleave طَريقَكَyour path وَالمَوand the wa- (beginning of ‘waves’)
لَو قُلتُ لِلسَيلِ دَع طَريقَكَ وَالمَو
جُ-ves (completing ‘waves’) عَلَيهِupon it كَالهَضبِlike rocky hills يَعتَلِجُchurns
جُ عَلَيهِ كَالهَضبِ يَعتَلِجُ
If I told the torrent to leave your path, while the wa-
If I said to the torrent, leave your path
ves upon it churned like rocky hills,
And the waves foaming over it,
لَساخthen it would sink وَاِرتَدَّand turn back أَوor لَكانَthen there would be لَهُfor it
لَساخ وَاِرتَدَّ أَو لَكانَ لَهُ
فيin سائِرِthe rest of الأَرضِthe earth عَنكَaway from you مُنعَرَجُa winding course
في سائِرِ الأَرضِ عَنكَ مُنعَرَجُ
It would sink and turn back, or it would have
It would have flooded back or it would have for it
Elsewhere on earth a winding course away from you.
In all the earth, a way around you.
Sol 6.1