أَقُولُI say غَدَاةَon the morning أَتَانَاcame to us الخَبِيرُthe news-bearer
أَقُولُ غَدَاةَ أَتَانَا الخَبِيرُ
يَدُسُّhe slips in secretly أحادِيثهُhis reports هَينَمَهin a low murmur
يَدُسُّ أحادِيثهُ هَينَمَه
I say, on the morning the news-bearer came to us,
conveying his news in a furtive murmur:
لَكَto you الوَيلُwoe مِنas مُخبِرٍa news-bearer مَاwhat تَقُولyou say
لَكَ الوَيلُ مِن مُخبِرٍ مَا تَقُول
أَبِنmake clear لِيto me وعَدِّand turn away عنfrom الجَمجَمهmumbling
أَبِن لِي وعَدِّ عن الجَمجَمه
"Woe to you, news-bearer! What are you saying?
Speak plainly to me, and leave off mumbling."
فَقَالthen he said خَرَجتُI left وَقَاضِيand the judge of القُضَاthe judges (continued next line)
فَقَال خَرَجتُ وَقَاضِي القُضَا
ةِending completing 'judges' مُنفَكَّةٌdislocated رِجلُهُhis leg مُؤلِمَهpainful
ةِ مُنفَكَّةٌ رِجلُهُ مُؤلِمَه
He said, "When I left, the chief judge
had a dislocated, aching leg."
فقلتُthen I said وضَاقَتand grew narrow عليَّupon me البِلاَدُthe land
فقلتُ وضَاقَت عليَّ البِلاَدُ
وَخِفتُand I feared المجلَّلَةَthe overwhelming calamity المُعظَمَهthe great
وَخِفتُ المجلَّلَةَ المُعظَمَه
Then I said, as the land closed in upon me,
and I feared the great, overwhelming calamity:
فَغَزوَانُthen Ghazwan حُرٌّfree وَأُمُّand Umm (mother of) الوَلِيدِal-Walid
فَغَزوَانُ حُرٌّ وَأُمُّ الوَلِيدِ
إنif اللهُGod عافَىrestores to health أَبَاAbu (father of) شُبرُمَهShubruma
إن اللهُ عافَى أَبَا شُبرُمَه
"Then Ghazwan is free, and Umm al-Walid,
if God restores Abu Shubruma to health,
جزاءًas recompense لمعروفِهِfor his kindness عندَنَاtoward us
جزاءً لمعروفِهِ عندَنَا
وَمَاand what عِتقُthe freeing of عَبدٍa male slave لَهُfor him أَوor أَمَهa female slave
وَمَا عِتقُ عَبدٍ لَهُ أَو أَمَه
in return for his kindness to us;
and what is freeing a slave or bondwoman for his sake?"
Sol 6.1