لقدindeed طَرقَتshe visited by night أُمُّUmm (mother of) الخشيفِal-Khushayf وإِنهاand indeed she
لقد طَرقَت أُمُّ الخشيفِ وإِنها
إذاwhen صرعfelled القومَthe people الكرىslumber لَطَرُوقُsurely a frequent night visitor
إذا صرع القومَ الكرى لَطَرُوقُ
Indeed Umm al-Khushayf came by night, and she
The mother of autumn has knocked, and if
is ever a night visitor when slumber lays the people low.
The fates strike down the people, autumn will knock
فياso, alas كبداًa liver يُحمىheat is stoked عليهاupon it وأنَّهاand indeed it
فيا كبداً يُحمى عليها وأنَّها
مخافةfor fear of هَيضاتrenewed blows النوىseparation لخَفُوقُsurely throbbing
مخافة هَيضات النوى لخَفُوقُ
Ah, a liver seared with heat! Indeed it
So o my burning liver, and that she
throbs for fear of separation's renewed blows.
Fears the shaking of the stars is imminent
أقامremained فريقa band منof أناسpeople يَوَدُّهُمloves them
أقام فريق من أناس يَوَدُّهُم
بذاتat Dhat الغضاal-Ghada قلبيmy heart وبانand departed فريقُa band
بذات الغضا قلبي وبان فريقُ
A band remained, of people dear
A group of people whom my heart in
to my heart, at Dhat al-Ghada; another band departed.
Its prime loves, and a group
لحاجةfor the longing of محزونa sorrowful man يظلُّhe passes the day وقلبهُand his heart
لحاجة محزون يظلُّ وقلبهُ
رهينٌa captive ببضَّاتto soft-skinned women الحِجالthe curtained chambers صديقُfaithful in love
رهينٌ ببضَّات الحِجال صديقُ
Alas for a sorrowful man's longing—he passes the day, his heart
Of a suffering sorrowful man who remains while his heart
a faithful captive to soft-skinned women in curtained chambers.
Is hostage to the cutting of friends
تَحَمَّلنَthey broke camp إنif هَبَّتblew لَهُنّfor them عَشَيَّةًone evening
تَحَمَّلنَ إن هَبَّت لَهُنّ عَشَيَّةً
جَنُوبٌa south wind وإنand if لاحتflashed لهنbefore them بروقُlightning flashes
جَنُوبٌ وإن لاحت لهن بروقُ
They would break camp if, one evening, there blew for them
They endured if an evening
a south wind, and if lightning flashed before them.
Blows south winds, and if lightening flashes for them
كأَنَّas though فُضُولَthe trailing ends of الرَّقمpatterned cloth حينwhen جَعَلنَهاthey laid them
كأَنَّ فُضُولَ الرَّقم حين جَعَلنَها
غُديّاًat dawn علىupon أُدمِwhite الجمالthe camels عُذُوقُclusters of dates
غُديّاً على أُدمِ الجمال عُذُوقُ
It seemed the trailing ends of patterned cloth, when they laid them
As if the surplus tracings when they made it
at dawn upon the white camels, were clusters of dates.
An ornament on the beautiful skin, a bite
وفيهنand among them منof بُختِthe Bactrian camels of النِّسَاءِwomen رِبَحلَةٌa tall, full-bodied woman
وفيهن من بُختِ النِّسَاءِ رِبَحلَةٌ
تَكَادُshe nearly علىabove غُرِّthe white crests of السحابِthe clouds تَرُوقُtowers
تَكَادُ على غُرِّ السحابِ تَرُوقُ
And among them was a tall, full-bodied woman, of womankind's Bactrian breed,
And in them from the luck of women a she-camel
who all but towers above the white crests of the clouds.
That almost flies above the clouds
هِجانٌfair-skinned فأمَّاso as for الدِّعصُthe sand mound منof أُخرَياتهاher hindquarters
هِجانٌ فأمَّا الدِّعصُ من أُخرَياتها
فوعثٌthen soft, yielding sand وأمَّاand as for خصرُهاher waist فَدقيقُthen slender
فوعثٌ وأمَّا خصرُها فَدقيقُ
Fair-skinned; as for the sandhill of her hindquarters,
Passionate so as for the chubbiness of their bottoms
it is soft, yielding sand; as for her waist, it is slender.
It's tempting, and as for their waist it's slim
Sol 6.1