أَتانِيcame to me وَرَحْلِيand my baggage عِنْدَwith جَفْنَةَJafnah وَقْعَةٌa battle
أَتانِي وَرَحْلِي عِنْدَ جَفْنَةَ وَقْعَةٌ
أَقَرَّgladdened بِهاthrough it عَيْنِيmy eye عَمِيدُthe chief of شِبامِShibām
أَقَرَّ بِها عَيْنِي عَمِيدُ شِبامِ
News of a battle reached me while my baggage lay with Jafnah,
through which the chief of Shibām gladdened my eye:
دُوَيْلَةُDuwaylah إِذْwhen قادَhe led الْجِيادَthe steeds عَوابِساًgrim-faced
دُوَيْلَةُ إِذْ قادَ الْجِيادَ عَوابِساً
شِعاثَdisheveled النَّواصِيthe forelocks وَالنُّسُورُand the hoof-frogs دَوامِيbleeding
شِعاثَ النَّواصِي وَالنُّسُورُ دَوامِي
Duwaylah, when he led the steeds, grim-faced,
with tangled forelocks and bleeding hoof-frogs,
إِلَىtoward تَغْلِبٍTaghlib قُبّاًlean-bellied تَضِبُّbleed لِثاثُهاtheir gums
إِلَى تَغْلِبٍ قُبّاً تَضِبُّ لِثاثُها
وَتُقْحِمُهاand drives them headlong أَجْوازَthe depths of كُلِّevery هُيامِwaterless waste
وَتُقْحِمُها أَجْوازَ كُلِّ هُيامِ
toward Taghlib, lean-bellied, their gums bleeding,
and driven headlong into the depths of every waterless waste.
يَحارُis bewildered بِهاin it الْخِرِّيثُthe expert guide مَرْتاًbarren كَأَنَّماas though
يَحارُ بِها الْخِرِّيثُ مَرْتاً كَأَنَّما
تَخالُyou imagine بِهاin it الْحَرْباءَthe chameleon رَأْلَa chick نَعامِof ostriches
تَخالُ بِها الْحَرْباءَ رَأْلَ نَعامِ
Even the expert guide is bewildered in those barren wastes, as though
you might take a chameleon there for an ostrich chick.
فَصَبَّحَهاso he brought them at dawn حَيَّthe clan of الْأَراقِمِal-Arāqim وَالْمُنَىand the longings
فَصَبَّحَها حَيَّ الْأَراقِمِ وَالْمُنَى
لِقاؤُهُمُmeeting them وَالْحَرْبُand war ذاتُfull of عُرامِfury
لِقاؤُهُمُ وَالْحَرْبُ ذاتُ عُرامِ
He brought them at dawn to the clan of al-Arāqim; the longing
was to meet them, with war in all its fury.
عَلَيْهاover them شَبامٌShabām قَصْرُهُhis fortress دُونَbefore مالِكٍMālik
عَلَيْها شَبامٌ قَصْرُهُ دُونَ مالِكٍ
وَلَيْسَand is not عَلَيْناfor us قَتْلُهُمْkilling them بِحَرامِforbidden
وَلَيْسَ عَلَيْنا قَتْلُهُمْ بِحَرامِ
Shabām was over them; his fortress lay before Mālik,
and killing them is not forbidden to us.
فَحَكَّتْso it ground بِأَحْياءِagainst the clans of الْأَراقِمِal-Arāqim بَرْكَهاits breast
فَحَكَّتْ بِأَحْياءِ الْأَراقِمِ بَرْكَها
بِقَيْلٍwith a prince شِبامِيٍّof Shibām أَغَرَّillustrious هُمامِvaliant
بِقَيْلٍ شِبامِيٍّ أَغَرَّ هُمامِ
Then war ground her breast against the clans of al-Arāqim,
with an illustrious, valiant prince of Shibām.
وَلَيْسُواand they are not بَواءًequal recompense مِنْfor أَبِيهِhis father وَإِنَّماbut only
وَلَيْسُوا بَواءً مِنْ أَبِيهِ وَإِنَّما
شَفَىsoothed فِيin كَرِيمِnoble النَّفْسِthe soul قَتْلُthe killing of لِئامِbase men
شَفَى فِي كَرِيمِ النَّفْسِ قَتْلُ لِئامِ
They are no equal recompense for his father; rather,
the killing of base men soothed a noble soul.
تَنَصَّفَserved عَبْدٌa slave تَغْلَبِيٌّof Taghlib لِرَحْلِهِat his camp
تَنَصَّفَ عَبْدٌ تَغْلَبِيٌّ لِرَحْلِهِ
تَخَوَّنُهُbetrayed him غَدْراًtreacherously بِداتِat Dāt السَّامِal-Sām
تَخَوَّنُهُ غَدْراً بِداتِ السَّامِ
A Taghlibi slave served at his camp,
betraying him treacherously at Dāt al-Sām.
فَأَدْرَكَso he attained مِنْهُمْfrom them كُلَّevery أَمْرٍaim أَرادَهُhe desired it
فَأَدْرَكَ مِنْهُمْ كُلَّ أَمْرٍ أَرادَهُ
دُوَيْلَةُDuwaylah وَالْأَمْلاكُand the kings ذاتُpossessed of قِيامِfirm standing
دُوَيْلَةُ وَالْأَمْلاكُ ذاتُ قِيامِ
Then he attained from them every aim he desired—
Duwaylah, while the kings stood firm.
شَفَىsoothed النَّفْسَthe soul قَبْلِيbefore me فِيamong الْأَراقِمِal-Arāqim مِنْهُمُfrom among them
شَفَى النَّفْسَ قَبْلِي فِي الْأَراقِمِ مِنْهُمُ
عَدِيٍّʿAdī وَزَيْدٍand Zayd وَالشَّلِيلِand al-Shalīl وَلامِand Lām
عَدِيٍّ وَزَيْدٍ وَالشَّلِيلِ وَلامِ
Before me, he soothed the soul against those of al-Arāqim—
ʿAdī, Zayd, al-Shalīl, and Lām.
Sol 6.1