لَعَمريby my life لَئِنif indeed حَلَّتsettled قُتَيبَةُQutaybah بَلدَةًa place
لَعَمري لَئِن حَلَّت قُتَيبَةُ بَلدَةً
شَديداًfierce بِمالِupon the wealth of المُقحَمينَthose forced in عَضيضُهاits bite
شَديداً بِمالِ المُقحَمينَ عَضيضُها
By my life, if Qutaybah has settled in a place
By my life, should Qutayba settle in a town,
whose bite on the wealth of those driven there is fierce,
Where the bite of hardship is severe on the wealth of the stricken,
فَلِلَهِso, to God عَيناًan eye أُمَّUmm (mother of) فَرعٍFar‘ وَعَبرَةًand a tear
فَلِلَهِ عَيناً أُمَّ فَرعٍ وَعَبرَةً
تُرَقرِقُهاshe makes it shimmer فيin عَينِهاher eye أَوor تُفيضُهاshe lets it overflow
تُرَقرِقُها في عَينِها أَو تُفيضُها
then God bless Umm Far‘’s eye and the tear
Then to God belong the eyes of Umm Far' and a tear,
she makes shimmer in her eye or lets overflow!
That she wells up within her eye or sheds profusely.
أَلاah! لَيتَwould that شِعريmy knowing هَلwhether أَبيتَنَّI shall indeed spend the night لَيلَةًa night
أَلا لَيتَ شِعري هَل أَبيتَنَّ لَيلَةً
صَحيحَfit السُرىnight travel وَالعيسُand the pale camels تَجريslip غُروضُهاtheir saddle-girths
صَحيحَ السُرى وَالعيسُ تَجري غُروضُها
Ah, would that I knew: shall I ever spend a night
Oh, would that I knew if I shall ever pass a night,
fit for night travel, while the pale camels’ girths slip,
Sound in night-travel, while the white camels' girths shift,
بِتَيهاءَin a trackless wilderness قَفرِbarren وَالمَطِيُّand the riding camels كَأَنَّهاas though they were
بِتَيهاءَ قَفرِ وَالمَطِيُّ كَأَنَّها
قَطاsandgrouse الحَزنِthe rugged uplands قَدalready كانَتhad become فِراخاًchicks بُيوضُهاtheir eggs
قَطا الحَزنِ قَد كانَت فِراخاً بُيوضُها
in a trackless, barren wilderness, with the riding camels like
In a desolate wilderness, where the riding beasts resemble,
sandgrouse of the rugged uplands, whose eggs have already become chicks?
Sandgrouse of rugged ground whose eggs have turned to chicks.
وَرَوحَةِand many an afternoon journey دُنياshort بَينَbetween حَيَّينِtwo tribal camps رُحتُهاI traveled it
وَرَوحَةِ دُنيا بَينَ حَيَّينِ رُحتُها
أَسيرُI travel عَسيراًa restive she-camel أَوor عَروضاًan unbroken she-camel أَروضُهاI train her
أَسيرُ عَسيراً أَو عَروضاً أَروضُها
And many a short afternoon journey between two tribal camps I made,
And many a close evening journey between two clans I undertook,
riding a restive she-camel, or an unbroken one I was training.
Traversing a difficult path or taming a stubborn mount.
Gemini 3.5 Flash is a user-supplied attribution. The original record does not identify its model.