ذَكَرَhe remembered البَلاطَal-Balat وَكُلَّand every ساكِنِinhabitant of قَريَةٍa village
ذَكَرَ البَلاطَ وَكُلَّ ساكِنِ قَريَةٍ
بَعدَafter الهُدوءِthe stillness تَهيجُهُstir him أَوطانُهhis native places
بَعدَ الهُدوءِ تَهيجُهُ أَوطانُه
He remembered al-Balāṭ—as every dweller in a town
He remembered al-Balat and every village-dweller;
once stillness falls, is stirred by memories of home.
After stillness, his native places stir him.
ثُمَّthen اِلتَقَيناwe met بِالمُحَصَّبِat al-Muhassab غُدوَةًone morning
ثُمَّ اِلتَقَينا بِالمُحَصَّبِ غُدوَةً
وَالقَلبُand the heart يَخلُجُهُtug it لَهاtoward her أَشطانُهits cords
وَالقَلبُ يَخلُجُهُ لَها أَشطانُه
Then we met at al-Muḥaṣṣab early one morning,
Then we met at al-Muhassab one morning,
while the heart’s cords tugged it toward her.
And the heart—its cords tugged it toward her.
قالَتshe said لِأَترابٍto peers لَهاof hers شِبهُlike الدُمىthe statues
قالَت لِأَترابٍ لَها شِبهُ الدُمى
قَدindeed غابَhas vanished عَنfrom عُمَرَUmar الغَداةَthis morning بَيانُهhis eloquence
قَد غابَ عَن عُمَرَ الغَداةَ بَيانُه
She said to companions her own age, lovely as statues,
She said to her peers, who resembled statues:
“This morning, ʿUmar’s eloquence has deserted him.
“This morning, Umar's eloquence has deserted him.
ماwhat ليis with me أَراهُI see him لاnot يُسَدِّدِframes correctly حُجَّةًan argument
ما لي أَراهُ لا يُسَدِّدِ حُجَّةً
حَتّىuntil يُسَدِّدَهاframe it correctly لَهُfor him أَعوانُهhis helpers
حَتّى يُسَدِّدَها لَهُ أَعوانُه
Why do I see him unable to frame an argument
Why do I see him failing to frame an argument,
until his helpers frame it for him?”
Until his helpers frame it for him?”
مِثلُthe like of الَّذيwhat أَبصَرتُI saw يَومَthe day لَقيتُهاI met her
مِثلُ الَّذي أَبصَرتُ يَومَ لَقيتُها
عَيَّwas tongue-tied الخَطيبُthe orator بِهِat it وَكُلُّand grew weary (probable reading) لِسانُهhis tongue
عَيَّ الخَطيبُ بِهِ وَكُلُّ لِسانُه
Such was what I witnessed on the day I met her:
At such a sight as I saw the day I met her,
the eloquent speaker was struck dumb by it, his whole tongue failing.
The orator was tongue-tied, and his tongue grew weary.
أَسعَرتَyou set ablaze نَفسَكَyourself حُبَّlove of هِندٍHind فَالهَوىso passion
أَسعَرتَ نَفسَكَ حُبَّ هِندٍ فَالهَوى
حَتّىuntil تَلَبَّسَwrapped themselves فَوقَهُover it أَكفانُهits shrouds
حَتّى تَلَبَّسَ فَوقَهُ أَكفانُه
You set your soul ablaze with love for Hind; passion burned on,
You set yourself ablaze with love for Hind; so passion—
until its shrouds came wrapping over it.
Until its shrouds enfold it—
هِندٌHind وَهِندٌand Hind لاnot تَزالُceases to be بَخيلَةًungenerous
هِندٌ وَهِندٌ لا تَزالُ بَخيلَةً
وَالقَلبُand the heart يُسعِرُهُset it ablaze لَهاfor her أَشجانُهits sorrows
وَالقَلبُ يُسعِرُهُ لَها أَشجانُه
Hind—Hind—never ceases to withhold her favors,
Is Hind; and Hind is ever ungenerous,
while the heart’s sorrows set it ablaze for her.
And the heart is set ablaze by its sorrows for her.
Sol 6.1