هُبِلَmay he be bereaved الواشيthe slanderer بِهاabout her أَنّىhow أَفَكhe lied
هُبِلَ الواشي بِها أَنّى أَفَك
لَجَّpersisted obstinately فيin قَولٍspeech عَلَيهاagainst her وَمَحَكand grew contentious
لَجَّ في قَولٍ عَلَيها وَمَحَك
May her slanderer be bereaved—how he lied!
He persisted in speaking against her, obstinate in dispute.
وَقَدِماًand long since لَمhave not أَزَلceased فيin حُبِّهاlove for her
وَقَدِماً لَم أَزَل في حُبِّها
شارِدَturning away السَمَعِhearing عَنِfrom القَولِthe talk الأَرَكworthless
شارِدَ السَمَعِ عَنِ القَولِ الأَرَك
And long have I remained, in my love for her,
turning a deaf ear to worthless talk.
كُلُّevery عانٍcaptive يُتَرَجّىis hoped for فَكُّهُhis release
كُلُّ عانٍ يُتَرَجّى فَكُّهُ
وَلِذاتِand for her with الخالِthe beauty spot عانٍa captive ماnot يُفَكُّis freed
وَلِذاتِ الخالِ عانٍ ما يُفَكُّ
For every captive, release is hoped for;
but she with the beauty spot has a captive never freed.
وَجَدَتshe found غِرَّةَunguardedness of قَلبٍa heart شَفَّهُhad wasted it
وَجَدَت غِرَّةَ قَلبٍ شَفَّهُ
سَقَمُthe sickness of الحُبِّlove وَجِسمٍand a body قَدalready نُهِكwas worn out
سَقَمُ الحُبِّ وَجِسمٍ قَد نُهِك
She found an unguarded heart, wasted
by lovesickness, and a body utterly worn out.
حَسبُenough for لَيلىLayla أَنَّنيthat I لَمhave not أَنفَكِكbroken free
حَسبُ لَيلى أَنَّني لَم أَنفَكِك
مِنfrom أَساًgrief يُشجىchoking with sorrow إِذاwhen الخاليthe carefree one ضَحِكlaughs
مِن أَساً يُشجى إِذا الخالي ضَحِك
It is enough for Layla that I have never broken free
from choking grief, while the carefree man laughs.
خَيَّمَتshe encamped فيat نَهرِthe River عيسىIsa فَغَداand so became
خَيَّمَت في نَهرِ عيسى فَغَدا
نَهرُthe River عيسىIsa وَبِهِand to it القَلبُthe heart سَدِكclinging fast
نَهرُ عيسى وَبِهِ القَلبُ سَدِك
She encamped by the River Isa, and now
the River Isa has my heart clinging to it.
ياO أَخاman of الشامِSyria اِمضِgo مَكلوءًprotected فَماfor not
يا أَخا الشامِ اِمضِ مَكلوءً فَما
جانِبيmy side مِنكَof you وَلاnor ضَلعيmy inclination مَعَكwith you
جانِبي مِنكَ وَلا ضَلعي مَعَك
O man of Syria, go protected; for
I am not on your side, nor do my sympathies go with you.
ثَعَلَتdiverted بَغدادُBaghdad شَوقيmy longing عَنaway from قُراًvillages
ثَعَلَت بَغدادُ شَوقي عَن قُراً
عِندَnear مَيشاءَMaysha وَعُرضٍand ʿUrḍ وَأَرَكand Arak
عِندَ مَيشاءَ وَعُرضٍ وَأَرَك
Baghdad has diverted my longing from villages
near Maysha, ʿUrḍ, and Arak.
مَنزِلٌa dwelling ليfor me بِالعِراقِin Iraq إِختَرتُهُI chose it
مَنزِلٌ لي بِالعِراقِ إِختَرتُهُ
لَمdid not يَشُبtaint حُرَّthe purity of يَقينيmy certainty فيهِabout it شَكّdoubt
لَم يَشُب حُرَّ يَقيني فيهِ شَكّ
I have chosen a dwelling in Iraq;
no doubt has tainted my pure certainty about it.
وَإِذاand when دِجلَةُthe Tigris مَدَّتextended شَأوَهاits course
وَإِذا دِجلَةُ مَدَّت شَأوَها
وَجَرَتand flowed جَريَlike the flow of اللُجَينِsilver المُنسَبِكmolten
وَجَرَت جَريَ اللُجَينِ المُنسَبِك
And when the Tigris stretches out its course
and flows like molten silver,
عارَضَتpassed alongside رَبعيmy dwelling بِفَيضٍwith a flood مُزبِدٍfoaming
عارَضَت رَبعي بِفَيضٍ مُزبِدٍ
بَينَamid أَموَجٍwaves تَسامىrising high وَحُبُكand interwoven ripples
بَينَ أَموَجٍ تَسامى وَحُبُك
it passes my dwelling in a foaming flood,
amid towering waves and interwoven ripples.
يَتَكَفّاsway النَخلُthe date palms فيon حافاتِهاits banks
يَتَكَفّا النَخلُ في حافاتِها
بِالقَمارىby turtledoves تُغَنّىare sung to أَوor تُبَكare mourned
بِالقَمارى تُغَنّى أَو تُبَك
The palms sway along its banks,
as turtledoves sing to them or mourn them.
حُنِيَتwere bent تِلكَthose العَراجٍarching palms عَلىover
حُنِيَت تِلكَ العَراجٍ عَلى
لُؤلُوٍpearls غَضٍّfresh وَخوصٍand palm-fronds كَالشُرُكlike nets
لُؤلُوٍ غَضٍّ وَخوصٍ كَالشُرُك
Those arching palms are bowed over
fresh pearls and fronds like nets.
وَلِيَتنيcame to me مِنfrom سُلَيمانَSulayman بِهِin it
وَلِيَتني مِن سُلَيمانَ بِهِ
نِعمَةًa blessing مِثلُlike السَحابِrainclouds المُدَّرِكfollowing in succession
نِعمَةً مِثلُ السَحابِ المُدَّرِك
There, from Sulayman, there came to me
a blessing like rainclouds following one another.
وَأَبوand Abu العَبّاسِal-Abbas ليto me جارٌa neighbor فَقُلso say
وَأَبو العَبّاسِ لي جارٌ فَقُل
فيof جِوارِdwelling beside البَحرِthe sea وَفقاًaptly وَالمَلِكand the king
في جِوارِ البَحرِ وَفقاً وَالمَلِك
And Abu al-Abbas is my neighbor—so speak,
aptly, of dwelling beside the sea and the king.
وَإِلىand toward عَبدِAbd العَزيزِal-Aziz اِتَّجَهَتturned
وَإِلى عَبدِ العَزيزِ اِتَّجَهَت
رَغبَتيmy desire تَسلُكُfollowing نَهجاًa path مُشتَرَكshared
رَغبَتي تَسلُكُ نَهجاً مُشتَرَك
And toward Abd al-Aziz turned
my desire, following a shared path.
يُصبِحُdawns الدَهرُTime عَلىupon جيرانِهِhis neighbors
يُصبِحُ الدَهرُ عَلى جيرانِهِ
ناصِلَhaving shed الأَظفارِits claws مَضمونَguaranteed الدَرَكredress
ناصِلَ الأَظفارِ مَضمونَ الدَرَك
Time dawns upon his neighbors
with its claws shed and redress assured.
سَيِّدٌa lord نَجرُهُhis lineage المَعاليfor lofty deeds نَجرُهُfashioned him
سَيِّدٌ نَجرُهُ المَعالي نَجرُهُ
يَملِكُclaims الجودَgenerosity عَلَيهِover him ماwhatever مَلَكhe owns
يَملِكُ الجودَ عَلَيهِ ما مَلَك
A lord whose lineage fashioned him for lofty deeds;
generosity lays claim to all that he owns.
وَيَمانٍand a Yemeni إِنif يُسَلhe is asked لاnot يَعتَلِلmakes excuses
وَيَمانٍ إِن يُسَل لا يَعتَلِل
كَاليَمانيlike a Yemeni blade العَضبِkeen-edged إِنif هُزَّit is brandished بَتَكit cleaves
كَاليَماني العَضبِ إِن هُزَّ بَتَك
And a Yemeni who, when asked, makes no excuse,
like a keen Yemeni blade that cleaves when brandished.
لاnot يُعَنّيtorments نَفسَهُhimself مِنwith أَسَفٍregret
لا يُعَنّي نَفسَهُ مِن أَسَفٍ
إِثرَafter حَظٍgood fortune فاتَmissed أَوor وَفرٍwealth هَلَكlost
إِثرَ حَظٍ فاتَ أَو وَفرٍ هَلَك
He does not torment himself with regret
over a fortune missed or riches lost.
بَرَزَتcame forth أَنعُمُهُhis favors فيin عَدَدٍnumbers
بَرَزَت أَنعُمُهُ في عَدَدٍ
دُفَعَsurges of البَحرِthe sea وَأَدوارَand revolutions of الفَلَكthe heavens
دُفَعَ البَحرِ وَأَدوارَ الفَلَك
His favors have appeared in numbers matching
the sea's surges and the revolutions of the heavens.
يَرقُبُwatch for الأَعداءَthe enemies مِنfrom رَوعاتِهاtheir terrors
يَرقُبُ الأَعداءَ مِن رَوعاتِها
بَغَتاتُsudden onsets of الخَيلِthe cavalry يَحمِلنَthey bear الخِكَكarms
بَغَتاتُ الخَيلِ يَحمِلنَ الخِكَك
The enemies watch in terror for
sudden cavalry raids, the horses bearing arms.
حَطَّhe alighted فيwith طَلحَتَTalha أَوor فيwith
حَطَّ في طَلحَتَ أَو في
مُصعَبٍMus'ab لاnot يُباليhe cares أَيَّwhich أُسلُبٍpath سَلَكhe took
مُصعَبٍ لا يُبالي أَيَّ أُسلُبٍ سَلَك
He alights with Talha, or with
Mus'ab, caring not which path he takes.
خَيرُهُمthe best of them جَدّاًin grandfather وَعَمّاًand in uncle وَأَباًand in father
خَيرُهُم جَدّاً وَعَمّاً وَأَباً
مَحتِدٌan ancestral root زاكٍpure وَغَيضٌand a thicket مُشتَبِكdensely intertwined
مَحتِدٌ زاكٍ وَغَيضٌ مُشتَبِك
The best of them in grandfather, uncle, and father:
a pure ancestral root and a densely intertwined thicket.
ياO أَباAbu العَبّاسِal-Abbas لَنwill never يَقطَعَleave stranded بيme
يا أَبا العَبّاسِ لَن يَقطَعَ بي
أَمَليmy hope فيكَin you وَلاnor ظَنّيَmy expectation بِكَof you
أَمَلي فيكَ وَلا ظَنّيَ بِكَ
O Abu al-Abbas, never shall I be let down by
my hope in you or my trust in you.
حاجَتٌa need ماa certain عَرَضَتhas arisen عائِرَةًin passing
حاجَتٌ ما عَرَضَت عائِرَةً
أَخَذَhas taken التَخفِفُrestraint مِنهاfrom it وَتَرَكand left some
أَخَذَ التَخفِفُ مِنها وَتَرَك
A certain need has arisen in passing,
pared by restraint, which has taken some and left some.
Translation model: Sol 6.1