زَوَّدَتناfurnished us with رُقَيَّةُRuqayya الأَحزاناsorrows
زَوَّدَتنا رُقَيَّةُ الأَحزانا
يَومَthe day جازَتpassed حُمولُهاher laden camels سَكراناSakrān
يَومَ جازَت حُمولُها سَكرانا
Ruqayya furnished us with sorrows
Rukaya burdened us with sorrows
the day her laden camels passed Sakrān,
When her caravans passed by drunk
رائِحاتٍdeparting عَشِيَّةًat evening عَنaway from قُدَيدٍQudayd
رائِحاتٍ عَشِيَّةً عَن قُدَيدٍ
وارِداتٍarriving at مَعَwith الضُحىthe forenoon عُسفاناʿUsfān
وارِداتٍ مَعَ الضُحى عُسفانا
departing from Qudayd at evening,
With scents of evening from Kudaid
reaching ʿUsfān in the forenoon,
And gifts arriving at dawn from Osfan
جاعِلاتٍplacing قَطائِفَcoverlets الباغِزِal-Bāghiz الخُضthe green (first part)
جاعِلاتٍ قَطائِفَ الباغِزِ الخُض
رَcompletion of ‘the green’ عَلىupon الساهِكاتِthe swift camels وَالأُرجُواناand purple cloth
رَ عَلى الساهِكاتِ وَالأُرجُوانا
placing green coverlets of al-Bāghiz
Making the garden bulbs in their sleeves
upon the swift camels, and purple cloth too.
Dance on the roads and on the violets
إِنif تَقُلyou say هُنَّthey (feminine) مِنof بَنيthe descendants of عَبدِʿAbd شَمسٍShams
إِن تَقُل هُنَّ مِن بَني عَبدِ شَمسٍ
فَعَسىthen perhaps ذاكَthat أَنto يَكونَbe وَكاناand it was
فَعَسى ذاكَ أَن يَكونَ وَكانا
If you say, “They are of Banū ʿAbd Shams,”
If you say they are from the tribe of Abdeshams
then that may well be so—and so it was.
Perhaps that would be true and was so
لَمnot يُخَوَّفنَthey were frightened بِالبَياتِby night raids وَلَمand did not يَحfirst part of ‘they settle’
لَم يُخَوَّفنَ بِالبَياتِ وَلَم يَح
لُلنَcompletion of ‘they settle’ دارَthe house of الهَوانِhumiliation مِنfrom لُبناناLebanon
لُلنَ دارَ الهَوانِ مِن لُبنانا
They were not frightened by night raids, nor did they
They were not frightened of the night nor pitched
settle, coming from Lebanon, in a house of humiliation.
Their tents in the land of disgrace from Lebanon
قُلtell لِقَندٍto Qand يُشَيِّعُhe escorts الأَظعانَthe camel-borne women
قُل لِقَندٍ يُشَيِّعُ الأَظعانَ
طالَlasted long ماthat سَرَّpleased غَيبَناus in our absence وَكَفاناand met our needs
طالَ ما سَرَّ غَيبَنا وَكَفانا
Tell Qand, who escorts the camel-borne women—
Tell Qand, who escorts misfortunes
long has he pleased us in our absence and met our needs—
Our absence has been long, and enough
أَناI مِنfor أَجلِكُمyour sake هَجَرتُI forsook بَنيthe descendants of زَيZayd (first part)
أَنا مِن أَجلِكُم هَجَرتُ بَني زَي
دٍcompletion of ‘Zayd’ وَمِنand for أَجلِكُمyour sake أُحِبُّI love أَباناAbān
دٍ وَمِن أَجلِكُم أُحِبُّ أَبانا
for your sake I have forsaken Banū Zayd,
Because of you I abandoned the clan of Zaid
and for your sake I love Abān.
And because of you I love our father
وَدَخَلناand we entered الدِيارَthe dwellings ماnot نَشتَهيهاwe desire them
وَدَخَلنا الدِيارَ ما نَشتَهيها
طَمَعاًin hope أَنthat نَنالَهاwe attain her أَوor تَراناshe sees us
طَمَعاً أَن نَنالَها أَو تَرانا
We entered the dwellings, though we did not desire them,
And we entered the houses we desired
hoping to win her, or that she might see us.
Hoping either to attain them or see them
وَاِبنُand the son of أَسماءَAsmāʾ خَيرُthe best مَنthose who مَسَحَtouched الرُكthe Corner (first part)
وَاِبنُ أَسماءَ خَيرُ مَن مَسَحَ الرُك
نَcompletion of ‘the Corner’ فَعالاًin deeds وَخَيرُهُمand the best of them بُنياناin build
نَ فَعالاً وَخَيرُهُم بُنيانا
And Asmāʾ’s son is the best of those who touch the Corner
And the son of Asma is best at wiping feet
in deeds, and the finest of them in build.
Effectively, and best of them in building
وَإِذاand when قيلَit was said مَنwho هِجانُthe noblest-born of قُرَيشٍQuraysh
وَإِذا قيلَ مَن هِجانُ قُرَيشٍ
كُنتَyou were أَنتَyou الفَتىthe gallant youth وَأَنتَand you الهِجاناthe noblest-born
كُنتَ أَنتَ الفَتى وَأَنتَ الهِجانا
And when it was asked, “Who are Quraysh’s noblest-born?”
And if asked who are the protectors of Quraish
you were the gallant youth, and you the noblest-born.
You are the young man, and you are the protector
Sol 6.1