أَتَرجوdoes it hope? رَبيعٌRabīʿ أَنthat يَجيءَwill come صِغارُهاits young
أَتَرجو رَبيعٌ أَن يَجيءَ صِغارُها
بِخَيرٍwith good وَقَدand already أَعياhas worn out رَبيعاًRabīʿ كِبارُهاits elders
بِخَيرٍ وَقَد أَعيا رَبيعاً كِبارُها
Does Rabīʿ hope that its young will come
Does spring hope its flowers will bring good
with good, when its elders have already worn Rabīʿ out?
When its mature ones have wearied?
عُتُلّونَbrutish men صَخّابوclamorous العَشِيِّthe evening كَأَنَّهُمas though they were
عُتُلّونَ صَخّابو العَشِيِّ كَأَنَّهُم
جِداءٌgoat kids مِنَof المِعزىthe goats شَديدٌloud يَعارُهاtheir bleating
جِداءٌ مِنَ المِعزى شَديدٌ يَعارُها
Brutish men, clamorous at evening, as though they were
The night companions chatter as if
goat kids whose bleating is loud.
They were goats whose owner has lost them.
إِذاwhen النَجمُthe star وافىreaches مَغرِبَthe setting-place of الشَمسِthe sun حارَدَتceased yielding
إِذا النَجمُ وافى مَغرِبَ الشَمسِ حارَدَت
مَقاريguest-bowls عُبَيدٍʿUbayd وَاِشتَكىand complained of القِدرَthe cooking pot جارُهاits neighbor
مَقاري عُبَيدٍ وَاِشتَكى القِدرَ جارُها
When the star reaches the sun's setting-place, empty grow
When the star rises to meet the sun's setting
ʿUbayd's guest-bowls, and the pot's neighbor complains of it.
The pots in Ubayd's dwelling start boiling, with the neighbor complaining of the smoke.