يُطَرِّدُhe keeps driving away عَنهاfrom it الجائِزينَpassersby كَأَنَّهُas though he were
يُطَرِّدُ عَنها الجائِزينَ كَأَنَّهُ
غُرابٌa crow عَلىupon أَنباثِهاits heaps of dug earth غَيرُnot أَعوَراone-eyed
غُرابٌ عَلى أَنباثِها غَيرُ أَعوَرا
He keeps driving passersby away from it, as though he were
a crow upon its heaps of dug earth, not one-eyed.
أَأَسقَيتَهاdid you water them? وَالعودُand the bough يَهتَزُّsways فيin النَدىthe dew
أَأَسقَيتَها وَالعودُ يَهتَزُّ في النَدى
كَأَنَّas though بِجَنبَيهِalong its two sides زَرابِيَّcarpets عَبقَراʿAbqar
كَأَنَّ بِجَنبَيهِ زَرابِيَّ عَبقَرا
Did you water them while the bough swayed in the dew,
as though carpets of ʿAbqar lay along its two sides?
فَلَمّاthen when رَجَعناwe returned لِلَّذيfor what قُلتَyou said قائِظاًin summer heat
فَلَمّا رَجَعنا لِلَّذي قُلتَ قائِظاً
أَبَيتَyou refused وَكانَتand it was عِلَّةًan excuse وَتَعَذُّراand an evasion
أَبَيتَ وَكانَت عِلَّةً وَتَعَذُّرا
Then when we returned in summer for what you had promised,
you refused; it was an excuse and an evasion.
فَلَمّاthen when اِحتَضَرناwe came لِلجَوازِfor watering وَقَوَّمَتand stood arrayed
فَلَمّا اِحتَضَرنا لِلجَوازِ وَقَوَّمَت
عَلىat الحَوضِthe trough راموهاthey demanded of them مِنَfor الشُربِdrinking مُنكَراsomething outrageous
عَلى الحَوضِ راموها مِنَ الشُربِ مُنكَرا
Then, when we came to water and the herd stood arrayed
at the trough, they demanded an outrageous price for drinking.
فَقالواso they said أَلاsurely قَبرُthe grave of الهُذَيلِal-Hudhayl مَجازُهاtheir way to water
فَقالوا أَلا قَبرُ الهُذَيلِ مَجازُها
فَقُلتُso I said لَهُمto them لَمnot تُصدِرواyou brought to an outcome الأَمرَthe matter مُصدِراa fitting outcome
فَقُلتُ لَهُم لَم تُصدِروا الأَمرَ مُصدِرا
They said: Surely al-Hudhayl's grave is their way to water.
So I told them: You have not brought the matter to a fitting end.
أَتَشرَبُshall they drink? أَسلابَthe spoils of اِمرأًa man كانَwas وَجهُهُhis face
أَتَشرَبُ أَسلابَ اِمرأً كانَ وَجهُهُ
إِذاwhen أَظلَمَتdarkened سيماthe countenance of اِمرِئِa man of السوءِbaseness أَسفَراshone brightly
إِذا أَظلَمَت سيما اِمرِئِ السوءِ أَسفَرا
Shall they drink the spoils of a man whose face
shone bright when a base man's countenance darkened?
كَذَبتُمyou lie وَآياتِby the signs of الهُدىguidance لاnot تَذوقُهُtaste it
كَذَبتُم وَآياتِ الهُدى لا تَذوقُهُ
لَبونيmy milk-camels وَإِنeven if أَمسَتthey reach evening خَوامِسَdue for fifth-day watering ضُمَّراlean
لَبوني وَإِن أَمسَت خَوامِسَ ضُمَّرا
You lie! By the signs of guidance, it shall not be tasted
by my milk-camels, though evening finds them lean, due for their fifth-day watering.
أَنَفتُI took offense لَهُon his behalf بِالسَيفِwith the sword لَمّاwhen رَأَيتُهاI saw them
أَنَفتُ لَهُ بِالسَيفِ لَمّا رَأَيتُها
تَدُكُّthey batter بِأَيديهاwith their forefeet الرَكِيَّthe wells المُعَوَّراunguarded
تَدُكُّ بِأَيديها الرَكِيَّ المُعَوَّرا
I took offense on his behalf, sword in hand, when I saw them
battering the unguarded wells with their forefeet.
يَفُضُّit shatters عَراقيبَthe hocks of اللِقاحِthe milk-camels كَأَنَّهُas though it were
يَفُضُّ عَراقيبَ اللِقاحِ كَأَنَّهُ
شِهابُa firebrand of غَضاًghada wood شَيَّعتَهُyou fed it fuel فَتَسَعَّراand so it blazed
شِهابُ غَضاً شَيَّعتَهُ فَتَسَعَّرا
It shatters the milk-camels' hocks, as though it were
a ghada-wood firebrand you fed until it blazed.
أَلَيسَis not? اِمرُؤٌa man ضَيفاًa guest وَقَدand indeed غابَis absent رَهطُهُhis clan
أَلَيسَ اِمرُؤٌ ضَيفاً وَقَد غابَ رَهطُهُ
وَلَوand if سيمَhe were subjected to حَيّاًalive مِثلَthe like of هَذاthis لَأَنكَراhe would surely protest
وَلَو سيمَ حَيّاً مِثلَ هَذا لَأَنكَرا
Is a man not a guest when his clan is away?
And had such treatment been imposed on him alive, he would surely have protested.
أَجادَتshe did well بِهِin bearing him مِنfrom تَغلِبَTaghlib اِبنَةِdaughter of وائِلٍWāʾil
أَجادَت بِهِ مِن تَغلِبَ اِبنَةِ وائِلٍ
حِصانٌa chaste woman لِقَرمٍto a noble chief مِنfrom رَبيعَةَRabīʿah أَزهَراradiant
حِصانٌ لِقَرمٍ مِن رَبيعَةَ أَزهَرا
Nobly she bore him—from Taghlib, daughter of Wāʾil—
a chaste woman, to a radiant lord of Rabīʿah.
فَمَنwho, then مُبلِغٌwill tell فِتيانَthe young men of تَغلِبَTaghlib أَنَّنيthat I
فَمَن مُبلِغٌ فِتيانَ تَغلِبَ أَنَّني
عَقَرتُI hamstrung camels عَلىat قَبرِthe grave of الهُذَيلِal-Hudhayl لِيُذكَراso he might be remembered
عَقَرتُ عَلى قَبرِ الهُذَيلِ لِيُذكَرا
Who, then, will tell the young men of Taghlib that I
hamstrung camels at al-Hudhayl's grave, so that he might be remembered?
وَرُحناand we departed بِأُخرىwith others ماnot أَجازواthey watered وَبَرَّكَتand knelt down
وَرُحنا بِأُخرى ما أَجازوا وَبَرَّكَت
عَلىat الحَوضِthe trough مِنهاamong them جِلَّةٌfull-grown camels لَنwill not تُثَوَّراbe roused
عَلى الحَوضِ مِنها جِلَّةٌ لَن تُثَوَّرا
And we departed with others they had not watered, while there knelt
beside the trough some full-grown camels, never to be roused again.
رَأَتthey saw ذائِداًa defender حُرّاًfreeborn فَطَيَّرَand sent flying سَيفُهُhis sword
رَأَت ذائِداً حُرّاً فَطَيَّرَ سَيفُهُ
عَنِaway from الحَوضِthe trough أولاهاtheir foremost فَأَجلَينَso they fled نُقَّراstartled
عَنِ الحَوضِ أولاها فَأَجلَينَ نُقَّرا
They saw a freeborn defender, and his sword sent flying
their foremost from the trough, and they fled in alarm.
وَباتَتand they spent the night بِجُثمانِيَّةِby the main body of الماءِthe water بَيتُهاtheir lodging
وَباتَت بِجُثمانِيَّةِ الماءِ بَيتُها
إِلىtoward ذاتِDhāt رِجلٍRijl كَالمَآتِمِlike mourning women حُسَّراbareheaded
إِلى ذاتِ رِجلٍ كَالمَآتِمِ حُسَّرا
And they spent the night by the water's main body, their lodging
toward Dhāt Rijl, like bareheaded mourning women.
يُحَبِّسُهاhe keeps them confined جَنبَيon either side of سُفَيرٍSufayr وَيَتَّقيand fears
يُحَبِّسُها جَنبَي سُفَيرٍ وَيَتَّقي
عَلَيهاfor them ضَغابيسَweaklings of الحِمىthe protected pasture أَنlest تُعَقَّراthey be hamstrung
عَلَيها ضَغابيسَ الحِمى أَن تُعَقَّرا
He keeps them penned on either side of Sufayr, fearing
the protected pasture's weaklings might hamstring them.
Translation model: Sol 6.1