وَبِالمَسجِدِand in the mosque الأَقصىal-Aqsa الإِمامُthe imam الَّذيwho اِهتَدىfound guidance
وَبِالمَسجِدِ الأَقصى الإِمامُ الَّذي اِهتَدى
بِهِthrough him مِنfrom قُلوبِthe hearts المُمتَرينِof the doubters ضَلالُهاtheir straying
بِهِ مِن قُلوبِ المُمتَرينِ ضَلالُها
And in al-Aqsa Mosque is the imam through whom guidance came
To the straying within the hearts of doubters.
بِهِthrough him كَشَفَdispelled اللَهُGod البَلاءَaffliction وَأَشرَقَتand shone
بِهِ كَشَفَ اللَهُ البَلاءَ وَأَشرَقَت
لَهُfor him الأَرضُthe earth وَالآفاقُwhile the horizons نَحسٌill-omened هِلالُهاtheir crescent
لَهُ الأَرضُ وَالآفاقُ نَحسٌ هِلالُها
Through him God dispelled affliction, and there shone
For him the earth, while the horizons' crescent was ill-omened.
فَلَمّاthen when اِستَهَلَّbegan to pour الغَيثُthe rain لِلناسِfor the people وَاِنجَلَتand passed away
فَلَمّا اِستَهَلَّ الغَيثُ لِلناسِ وَاِنجَلَت
عَنِfrom الناسِthe people أَزمانٌtimes كَواسِفُgloomy بالُهاtheir state
عَنِ الناسِ أَزمانٌ كَواسِفُ بالُها
Then, when rain began to pour for the people, and passed away
From the people the times of darkened fortune,
شَدَدناwe tightened رِحالَthe saddles المَيسِof hackberry wood وَهيَwhile they were شَجٍsore بِهاfrom them
شَدَدنا رِحالَ المَيسِ وَهيَ شَجٍ بِها
كَواهِلُهاtheir withers ماnot تَطمَئِنُّsettle رِحالُهاtheir saddles
كَواهِلُها ما تَطمَئِنُّ رِحالُها
We tightened the hackberry-wood saddles, while pain from them
Afflicted their withers; their saddles never settled.
فَأَصبَحَتِso came to be الحاجاتُthe needs عِندَكَwith you تَنتَهيreach their end
فَأَصبَحَتِ الحاجاتُ عِندَكَ تَنتَهي
وَكُلُّand every عَفَرناةٍsturdy she-camel إِلَيكَtoward you كَلالُهاher exhaustion
وَكُلُّ عَفَرناةٍ إِلَيكَ كَلالُها
Thus needs now find their fulfillment with you,
And every sturdy she-camel spends her strength reaching you.
حَلَفتُI swore لَئِنif indeed لَمnot أَشتَعِبI dismount عَنfrom ظُهورِهاtheir backs
حَلَفتُ لَئِن لَم أَشتَعِب عَن ظُهورِها
لِيَنتَقِيَنwill surely drain مُخَّthe marrow العِظامِof the bones اِنتِقالُهاtheir traveling
لِيَنتَقِيَن مُخَّ العِظامِ اِنتِقالُها
I swore: unless I dismounted from their backs,
Their traveling would surely drain the marrow from my bones.
إِلىtoward مُطلِقِthe liberator of الأَسرىthe captives سُلَيمانَSulayman تَلتَقيthey converge
إِلى مُطلِقِ الأَسرى سُلَيمانَ تَلتَقي
خَذاريفُspinning tops بَينَamong الراجِعاتِthe backward-swinging legs نِعالُهاtheir hoof-soles
خَذاريفُ بَينَ الراجِعاتِ نِعالُها
Toward Sulayman, who frees the captives, they converge;
Their hoof-soles are spinning tops among the backward-swinging legs.
كَأَنَّas though نَعاماتٍostriches يُنَتَّفنَthey pluck خُضرَةًgreen herbage
كَأَنَّ نَعاماتٍ يُنَتَّفنَ خُضرَةً
بِصَحراءَon a desert plain مِمراحٍspacious for roaming كَثيرٌample مَجالُهاtheir roaming-ground
بِصَحراءَ مِمراحٍ كَثيرٌ مَجالُها
Like ostriches plucking green shoots
On an open desert plain, with ample room to roam,
يُبادِرنَthey race جُنحَthe onset اللَيلِof night بيضاًeggs وَغُبرَةًand dust-gray chicks
يُبادِرنَ جُنحَ اللَيلِ بيضاً وَغُبرَةً
ذُعِرنَthey were startled بِهاon their account وَالعيسُwhile the pale camels يُخشىis feared كَلالُهاtheir exhaustion
ذُعِرنَ بِها وَالعيسُ يُخشى كَلالُها
They race nightfall to their eggs and dust-gray chicks,
Alarmed for them, while the pale camels' exhaustion is feared.
كَأَنَّas though أَخاthe man burdened with الهَمِّworry الَّذيwhich قَدalready أَصابَهُhad afflicted him
كَأَنَّ أَخا الهَمِّ الَّذي قَد أَصابَهُ
بِهِin him مِنfrom عَقابيلِthe lingering aftereffects القَطيفِof al-Qatif مُلالُهاtheir feverish heat
بِهِ مِن عَقابيلِ القَطيفِ مُلالُها
As though the man whose worry had afflicted him
Had within him the fever of al-Qatif's lingering ills.
وَقُلتُand I said لِأَهلِto the people of المَشرِقَينِthe two Easts أَلَمdid ... not تَكُنthere be
وَقُلتُ لِأَهلِ المَشرِقَينِ أَلَم تَكُن
عَلَيكُمabove you غُيومٌclouds وَهيَwhile they were حُمرٌred ظِلالُهاtheir shadows
عَلَيكُم غُيومٌ وَهيَ حُمرٌ ظِلالُها
And I said to the people of the two Easts: 'Were there not
Clouds above you, their shadows red?
فَبَدَّلتُمُso you exchanged جَودَabundant rain الرَبيعِof spring وَحُوِّلَتand was turned away
فَبَدَّلتُمُ جَودَ الرَبيعِ وَحُوِّلَت
رَحىًa mill عَنكُمُaway from you كانَتhad been مُلِحّاًrelentless ثِفالُهاits flour-catching mat
رَحىً عَنكُمُ كانَت مُلِحّاً ثِفالُها
So you gained spring's abundant rain instead, and turned away
From you was a mill whose flour-mat had been relentless.
أَلاwill you not تَشكُرونَthank اللَهَGod إِذsince فَكَّHe unfastened عَنكُمُfrom you
أَلا تَشكُرونَ اللَهَ إِذ فَكَّ عَنكُمُ
أَداهِمَblack iron fetters بِالمَهدِيِّthrough al-Mahdi صُمّاًsolid ثِقالُهاtheir heavy ones
أَداهِمَ بِالمَهدِيِّ صُمّاً ثِقالُها
Will you not thank God, since He loosed from you
Through al-Mahdi black fetters, solid and heavy?'
هَنَأناهُمُwe gave them bounty حَتّىuntil أَعانَgave aid عَلَيهِمُin sustaining them
هَنَأناهُمُ حَتّى أَعانَ عَلَيهِمُ
مِنَfrom الدَلوِal-Dalw (the Bucket) أَوor عَوّا‘Awwa السِماكِof al-Simak سِجالُهاits buckets of rain
مِنَ الدَلوِ أَو عَوّا السِماكِ سِجالُها
We gave them bounty until help in sustaining them came:
Rain-buckets from al-Dalw or ‘Awwa of al-Simak.
إِذاwhen ماemphasis العَذارىthe maidens بِالدُخانِin smoke تَلَفَّعَتwrapped themselves
إِذا ما العَذارى بِالدُخانِ تَلَفَّعَت
وَلَمand did not يَنتَظِرawait نَصبَthe setting up القُدورِof the cooking-pots اِمتِلالُهاtheir filling
وَلَم يَنتَظِر نَصبَ القُدورِ اِمتِلالُها
When maidens wrapped themselves in smoke,
And the pots' filling did not await their setting up,
نَحَرناwe slaughtered camels وَأَبرَزناand we brought out القُدورَthe cooking-pots وَضُمِّنَتand they were filled with
نَحَرنا وَأَبرَزنا القُدورَ وَضُمِّنَت
عَبيطَfreshly slaughtered meat المَتاليof she-camels followed by calves الكومِhigh-humped غُرّاًwhite مَحالُهاtheir vertebrae
عَبيطَ المَتالي الكومِ غُرّاً مَحالُها
We slaughtered camels and brought out the pots, which were filled
With fresh flesh from high-humped mothers with calves, their vertebrae white.
Translation model: Sol 6.1