وميدانand a field تجولroam بهin it خيولhorses
وميدان تجول به خيول
تقودlead الدارعينthe armor-clad ولاand not تقادُare led
تقود الدارعين ولا تقادُ
And a field where horses roam—
And a field where horses roam,
they lead the armored men, yet are not led.
Leading the armor-clad, yet not themselves led.
ركبتI rode بهin it الىtoward اللذاتthe pleasures طرفاًa steed
ركبت به الى اللذات طرفاً
لهfor it جسمa body وليسand there is not لهfor it فؤادa heart
له جسم وليس له فؤاد
Across it toward delights, I rode a noble steed;
There I rode a steed toward pleasures,
it has a body, but it has no heart.
With a body, but no heart.
جرىit ran فظننتso I thought أنthat الأرضthe earth وجهa face
جرى فظننت أن الأرض وجه
ودجلةand the Tigris ناظرan eye وهوand it السوادthe black pupil
ودجلة ناظر وهو السواد
It raced on, so I imagined the land a face,
It ran, so I thought the earth a face,
and the Tigris its pupil—that face being al-Sawād.
And the Tigris an eye, and it the black pupil.
