تَذَكَّرَhe remembered أُمَّUmm (mother of) عَبْدِAbd (servant of) اللهِAllah (God) لَمَّاwhen
تَذَكَّرَ أُمَّ عَبْدِ اللهِ لَمَّا
نَأَتْهُshe went far from him وَالنَّوَىand separation مِنْهاfrom her لَجُوجُrelentless
نَأَتْهُ وَالنَّوَى مِنْها لَجُوجُ
He remembered Umm Abd Allah when
she went far from him, and separation from her was relentless.
وَماand not إِنْindeed (emphatic) أَحْوَرُdark-pupilled الْعَيْنَيْنِthe two eyes رَخْصُtender الْـthe (continued)
وَما إِنْ أَحْوَرُ الْعَيْنَيْنِ رَخْصُ الْـ
ـعِظامِbones تَرُودُهُshe tends him أُمٌّa mother هَدُوجُambling
ـعِظامِ تَرُودُهُ أُمٌّ هَدُوجُ
And no dark-eyed fawn, tender in its
bones, tended by an ambling mother,
بِأَحْسَنَany more beautiful مُقْلَةًin eye مِنْهاthan her وَجِيداًand in neck
بِأَحْسَنَ مُقْلَةً مِنْها وَجِيداً
غَداةَthat morning الْحِجْرِal-Hijr مَضْحَكُهاher smiling mouth بَلِيجُradiant
غَداةَ الْحِجْرِ مَضْحَكُها بَلِيجُ
is lovelier in eye and neck than she was
that morning at al-Hijr, her smile radiant.
وَهادِيَةٍand a herd-leading wild she-ass تَوَجَّسُsenses apprehensively كُلَّevery غَيْبٍhidden thing
وَهادِيَةٍ تَوَجَّسُ كُلَّ غَيْبٍ
لَهاshe has نَفَسٌa breath إِذاwhen سامَتْshe grazes نَشِيجُsobbing
لَها نَفَسٌ إِذا سامَتْ نَشِيجُ
And many a herd-leading wild she-ass, wary of every hidden thing,
her breath sobbing whenever she grazes,
تُصِيخُshe listens intently إِلىto دَوِيِّthe rumble of الْأَرْضِthe earth تَهْوِيshe lowers
تُصِيخُ إِلى دَوِيِّ الْأَرْضِ تَهْوِي
بِمَسْمَعِهاwith her ear كَماas نَطِفَbecame bloodied الشَّجِيجُthe head-wounded man
بِمَسْمَعِها كَما نَطِفَ الشَّجِيجُ
listening to the earth's rumble, lowering
her ear like a man bloodied by a head-wound—
عَزَزْناهاwe drove her onto hard ground وَكانَتْand she was فِيin مَصامٍa resting-place
عَزَزْناها وَكانَتْ فِي مَصامٍ
كَأَنَّas though سَراتَهاher back سَحْلٌa white cloth نَسِيجُwoven
كَأَنَّ سَراتَها سَحْلٌ نَسِيجُ
we drove her onto hard ground; she had stood at rest,
her back like a woven white cloth.
وَيُهْلِكُand he exhausts نَفْسَهُhimself إِنْif لَمْnot يَنَلْهاhe reaches her
وَيُهْلِكُ نَفْسَهُ إِنْ لَمْ يَنَلْها
وَحُقَّand rightly so لَهُfor him سَحِيرٌa large-lunged stallion أَوْor بَعِيجُa broad-bellied one
وَحُقَّ لَهُ سَحِيرٌ أَوْ بَعِيجُ
And he wears himself out if he cannot reach her,
and rightly so—a large-lunged or broad-bellied stallion.
وَأَمْهَلَهاand he gave her respite فَلَمَّاthen when وَرَّكَتْهُshe set him by her haunch
وَأَمْهَلَها فَلَمَّا وَرَّكَتْهُ
شِمالاًon the left وَهْيَwhile she مُعْرِضَةٌturned broadside تَهِيجُgrows agitated
شِمالاً وَهْيَ مُعْرِضَةٌ تَهِيجُ
He gave her respite; when she put him by her haunch,
on the left, while she was broadside and restless,
أُتِيحَwas sent لَهاagainst her أُغَيْبِرُa dusty little man ذُوpossessing حَشِيفٍa tattered cloak
أُتِيحَ لَها أُغَيْبِرُ ذُو حَشِيفٍ
غَبِيٌّstealthy فِيin نَجاشَتِهِhis game-driving زَلُوجُswift-moving
غَبِيٌّ فِي نَجاشَتِهِ زَلُوجُ
a dusty little man in a tattered cloak was set against her,
stealthy in driving game, swift to slip along.
دَلَفْتُI crept forward لَهاtoward her أَوانَئِذٍat that moment بِسَهْمٍwith an arrow
دَلَفْتُ لَها أَوانَئِذٍ بِسَهْمٍ
نَحِيضٍwell pared لَمْnot تَخَوَّنْهُweaken it الشُّرُوجُthe cracks
نَحِيضٍ لَمْ تَخَوَّنْهُ الشُّرُوجُ
At that moment I crept toward her with an arrow,
pared fine, not weakened by cracks,
سَدِيدِstraight الْعَيْرِthe shaft's ridge لَمْnot يَدْحَضْslip عَلَيْهِover it الْـthe (continued)
سَدِيدِ الْعَيْرِ لَمْ يَدْحَضْ عَلَيْهِ الْـ
ـغِرارُcutting edge فَقِدْحُهُso its shaft زَعِلٌlively دَرُوجُswift-moving
ـغِرارُ فَقِدْحُهُ زَعِلٌ دَرُوجُ
straight-spined, unmarred by any slip of the
cutting edge; its shaft lively and swift.
عَلَيْهِon it مِنْfrom أَباهِرَwing-feathers لَيِّناتٍsupple
عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَباهِرَ لَيِّناتٍ
يُرِنُّmakes ring الْقِدْحَthe arrow-shaft ظُهْرانٌback-feathers دَمُوجُclosely fitted
يُرِنُّ الْقِدْحَ ظُهْرانٌ دَمُوجُ
On it are supple wing-feathers,
closely fitted back-feathers that make the shaft ring.
كَمَتْنِlike the back of الذِّئْبِthe wolf لاnot نِكْسٌa reworked arrow قَصِيرٌshort
كَمَتْنِ الذِّئْبِ لا نِكْسٌ قَصِيرٌ
فَأُغْرِقُهُso I overdraw it وَلاnor جَلْسٌa thick shaft عَمُوجُwavering
فَأُغْرِقُهُ وَلا جَلْسٌ عَمُوجُ
Like a wolf's back—not a short, reworked shaft
that I might overdraw, nor a thick one that wavers.
يُقَرِّبُهاbrings her near لِمُطْعَمِهاto the one she feeds هَتُوفٌa ringing bow
يُقَرِّبُها لِمُطْعَمِها هَتُوفٌ
طِلاعُfilling الْكَفِّthe palm مَعْقِلُهاits grip وَثِيجُsturdy
طِلاعُ الْكَفِّ مَعْقِلُها وَثِيجُ
A ringing bow brings her near to the man she will feed,
palm-filling, its grip sturdy.
كَأَنَّas though عِدادَهاits twang إِرْنانُthe wailing of ثَكْلَىa bereaved mother
كَأَنَّ عِدادَها إِرْنانُ ثَكْلَى
خِلالَamid ضُلُوعِهاher ribs وَجْدٌgrief وَهِيجُblazing
خِلالَ ضُلُوعِها وَجْدٌ وَهِيجُ
Its twang is like the wailing of a bereaved mother,
with grief blazing within her ribs.
وَبِيضٍand gleaming arrowheads كَالسَّلاجِمِlike silver ingots مُرْهَفاتٍhoned thin
وَبِيضٍ كَالسَّلاجِمِ مُرْهَفاتٍ
كَأَنَّas though ظُباتِهاtheir sharp edges عُقُرٌa wound بَعِيجُgaping
كَأَنَّ ظُباتِها عُقُرٌ بَعِيجُ
And gleaming heads like silver ingots, honed thin,
their sharp edges like a gaping wound.
أَحاطَsurrounded النَّاجِشانِthe two game-beaters بِهاaround her فَجاءَتْand she came
أَحاطَ النَّاجِشانِ بِها فَجاءَتْ
مَكاناًa place لاnot تَرُوغُshe dodges وَلاnor تَعُوجُshe turns aside
مَكاناً لا تَرُوغُ وَلا تَعُوجُ
The two beaters surrounded her, and she came
to a place where she could neither dodge nor turn.
فَراغَتْthen she swerved فَالْتَمَسْتُso I sought بِهِwith it حَشاهاher entrails
فَراغَتْ فَالْتَمَسْتُ بِهِ حَشاها
وَخَرَّand it fell كَأَنَّهُas though it were خُوطٌa slender shoot مَرِيجُswaying
وَخَرَّ كَأَنَّهُ خُوطٌ مَرِيجُ
She swerved; I sought her entrails with it,
and it fell like a swaying twig.
كَأَنَّas though الرِّيشَthe fletching وَالْفُوقَيْنِand the two nock-lips مِنْهُof it
كَأَنَّ الرِّيشَ وَالْفُوقَيْنِ مِنْهُ
خِلافَbehind النَّصْلِthe arrowhead سِيطَwas mixed بِهِwith it مَشِيجُa blended fluid
خِلافَ النَّصْلِ سِيطَ بِهِ مَشِيجُ
As though its fletching and both lips of its nock,
behind the point, were smeared with a mingled fluid.
فَظَلْتُso I spent the day وَظَلَّand spent the day أَصْحابِيmy companions لَدَيْهِمْwith them
فَظَلْتُ وَظَلَّ أَصْحابِي لَدَيْهِمْ
غَرِيضُfresh اللَّحْمِthe meat نَيْءٌraw أَوْor نَضِيجُcooked
غَرِيضُ اللَّحْمِ نَيْءٌ أَوْ نَضِيجُ
So I spent the day, and my companions too; they had
fresh meat, raw or cooked.
Translation model: Sol 6.1