وَبيضٍand fair women تَرَقّىrose مِنfrom among بَناتِdaughters of مُجاشِعٍMujāshiʿ
وَبيضٍ تَرَقّى مِن بَناتِ مُجاشِعٍ
بِهِنَّthrough them إِلىto المَجدِglory التَليدِancestral مَفاخِرُهhis proud distinctions
بِهِنَّ إِلى المَجدِ التَليدِ مَفاخِرُه
And fair women among Mujāshiʿ's daughters—upward rose
White and bright, daughters of a tender father,
Through them his proud distinctions to ancestral glory.
Through them to time-honoured glory are the tribe's prides.
بَناتِdaughters of أَبٍone father حورٍbright, dark-eyed كَأَنَّas though حُمولَهاtheir laden camels
بَناتِ أَبٍ حورٍ كَأَنَّ حُمولَها
عَلَيهاupon them مِنَfrom among الوَحشِwild cattle الهِجانِpure-white جَآذِرُهits calves
عَلَيها مِنَ الوَحشِ الهِجانِ جَآذِرُه
Dark-eyed daughters of one father, as though their laden camels
Daughters of a free man, as though the snarling beasts
Bore upon them the calves of pure-white wild cattle.
Had loaded them with terror from the waste at night.
كَساهُنَّclothed them مَحضَpure اللَونِcolor سُفيانُSufyān وَاِصطَفىand chose
كَساهُنَّ مَحضَ اللَونِ سُفيانُ وَاِصطَفى
لَهُنَّfor them عَتيقَthe finest البَزِّcloth إِذwhen جاءَcame تاجِرُهits merchant
لَهُنَّ عَتيقَ البَزِّ إِذ جاءَ تاجِرُه
Sufyān clothed them in pure color, and chose
For them Sufyan chose the finest linen
For them the finest cloth when its merchant came.
When he met their merchant with treasures of old.
رَعَتgrazed لِبَأَcolostrum الوَسمِيِّthe autumn rain حَيثُwhere تَفَقَّأَتburst open
رَعَت لِبَأَ الوَسمِيِّ حَيثُ تَفَقَّأَت
سَوابيcauls الغَمامِthe clouds الغُرِّgleaming white وَاِنعَقَّand burst forth ماطِرُهits rain-bearing cloud
سَوابي الغَمامِ الغُرِّ وَاِنعَقَّ ماطِرُه
They grazed the autumn rain's first milk, where burst open
They pastured the branded camels where clouds parted
The cauls of gleaming clouds, and their rain-cloud burst forth.
And the rain’s abundance soaked all the hills and wadis.
تَعاوَرنَthey took turns grazing مِنon أَزواجِهِits kinds وَذُكورِهِand its coarse herbage
تَعاوَرنَ مِن أَزواجِهِ وَذُكورِهِ
وَأَحرارِهِand its choice herbage حَتّىuntil تَهَوَّلَgrew splendid زاهِرُهits flowering growth
وَأَحرارِهِ حَتّى تَهَوَّلَ زاهِرُه
They took turns feeding on its kinds and its coarse herbs,
They took turns with the males, the freedmen and clients
And its choice herbs, until its blossoms grew splendid.
Till their camp on the plain bloomed like a garden.
حِمىًa protected pasture لَمdid not يَحُطguard عَنهُon its behalf سَريعٌa swift one وَلَمand did not يَخَفfear
حِمىً لَم يَحُط عَنهُ سَريعٌ وَلَم يَخَف
نُوَيرَةَNuwayrah يَسعىgoes forth بِالشَياهينِwith peregrine falcons طائِرُهits bird
نُوَيرَةَ يَسعى بِالشَياهينِ طائِرُه
A preserve no swift one guarded, nor did
A sanctuary no horseman challenged or Shaykh
Its bird fear Nuwayrah going forth with peregrine falcons.
Whose hawk sought prey while he coursed with greyhounds.
فَإِنthen if تَمنَعاyou two bar الأَمثالَthe equals أَوor تُطرَداyou two are driven away بِهاwith them
فَإِن تَمنَعا الأَمثالَ أَو تُطرَدا بِها
عَلَيهاagainst it فَقَدthen indeed أَحمَتhave heated رُماحاًspears هَواجِرُهits midday heats
عَلَيها فَقَد أَحمَت رُماحاً هَواجِرُه
If you two bar equals, or are driven with them
And if they deny such maidens or spurn the peerless,
Against it, then its midday heats have heated spears.
Their tall spears they will defend them from all reproach.
يَجولُroams مِنَfrom الصَحراءِthe desert يَنفيdrives away عَنيقَهاits dust
يَجولُ مِنَ الصَحراءِ يَنفي عَنيقَها
لَهاto it مِنfrom يَدِthe hand of الجَوزاءِal-Jawzāʾ بِالقَيظِin high summer ناجِرُهits scorching heat
لَها مِن يَدِ الجَوزاءِ بِالقَيظِ ناجِرُه
From the desert it roams, sweeping away its dust—
He roams the desert protecting them from heat
Its scorching heat, reaching it from al-Jawzāʾ's hand in high summer.
That sears at noon when their sheltering tree is parched.
لَعَمريby my life لَقَدindeed أَرعىgranted grazing to زُرارَةَZurārah فيin الحِمىthe protected pasture
لَعَمري لَقَد أَرعى زُرارَةَ في الحِمى
صَريفِfreshly drawn milk اللِقاحِthe milch camels المُستَظِلِّsheltered in shade وَحازِرُهand its sour milk
صَريفِ اللِقاحِ المُستَظِلِّ وَحازِرُه
By my life, Zurārah was indeed granted grazing in the preserve
By my life, Zurarah pastured them in sanctuary
By shaded, freshly drawn milk from milch camels, and its sour milk.
While the dripping pollen stained their shade and courtyard.
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.