لَقَدindeed هَتَكَtore away العَبدُthe slave الطِرِمّاحُal-Ṭirimmāḥ سِترَهُhis veil
لَقَد هَتَكَ العَبدُ الطِرِمّاحُ سِترَهُ
وَأَصلىand scorched بِنارٍwith a fire قَومَهُhis people فَتَصَلَّتِso they burned
وَأَصلى بِنارٍ قَومَهُ فَتَصَلَّتِ
The slave al-Ṭirimmāḥ has indeed torn away his veil,
and scorched his people with a fire, so they burned—
سَعيراًa blazing fire شَوَتroasted مِنهُمfrom among them وُجوهاًfaces كَأَنَّهاas though they were
سَعيراً شَوَت مِنهُم وُجوهاً كَأَنَّها
وُجوهُfaces خَنازيرٍof pigs عَلىover النارِthe fire مُلَّتِwere roasted
وُجوهُ خَنازيرٍ عَلى النارِ مُلَّتِ
a blaze that roasted faces among them, as though they were
the faces of pigs roasted over the fire.
فَماso not أَنجَبَتbore noble offspring أُمَّthe mother of العَلافِيَّal-ʿAlāfī طَيِّءٌṬayyiʾ
فَما أَنجَبَت أُمَّ العَلافِيَّ طَيِّءٌ
وَلَكِنbut عَجوزٌan old woman أَخبَثَتbore vile offspring وَأَقَلَّتِand bore few offspring
وَلَكِن عَجوزٌ أَخبَثَت وَأَقَلَّتِ
So Ṭayyiʾ did not beget a noble mother for al-ʿAlāfī,
but an old woman who bore vile offspring, and few.
وَجَدناwe found قِلادَcollars اللُؤمِbaseness حِلفاًa sworn ally لِطَيِّءٍto Ṭayyiʾ
وَجَدنا قِلادَ اللُؤمِ حِلفاً لِطَيِّءٍ
مُقارِنُهاaccompanying it فيin حَيثُwhere باتَتit spent the night وَظَلَّتِand spent the day
مُقارِنُها في حَيثُ باتَت وَظَلَّتِ
We found the collars of baseness allied to Ṭayyiʾ,
clinging to it wherever it passed the night and day.
وَماand not مَنَعَتناbarred us from دارَهاits homeland مِنany (emphatic) قَبيلَةٍtribe
وَما مَنَعَتنا دارَها مِن قَبيلَةٍ
إِذاwhen ماemphatic particle تَميمٌTamīm بِالسُيوفِwith swords اِستَظَلَّتِsought shade
إِذا ما تَميمٌ بِالسُيوفِ اِستَظَلَّتِ
And no tribe has barred us from its homeland,
when Tamīm sought shade beneath swords:
بَنيsons of مُحصَناتٍchaste women مِنfrom تَميمٍTamīm نَجيبَةٍnoble
بَني مُحصَناتٍ مِن تَميمٍ نَجيبَةٍ
لِأَكرَمِto the noblest آباءِfathers مِنَamong الناسِhumankind أَدَّتِbore offspring
لِأَكرَمِ آباءِ مِنَ الناسِ أَدَّتِ
sons of chaste women of noble Tamīm,
who bore them to the noblest fathers among men.
وَلَولاand were it not for حِذارٌfear أَنthat تُقَتَّلَbe massacred طَيِّءٌṬayyiʾ
وَلَولا حِذارٌ أَن تُقَتَّلَ طَيِّءٌ
لَماwould not سَجَدَتprostrated itself لِلَّهِto God يَوماًa single day وَصَلَّتِand prayed
لَما سَجَدَت لِلَّهِ يَوماً وَصَلَّتِ
And but for fear that Ṭayyiʾ would be massacred,
it would never have prostrated itself to God or prayed.
نَصارىChristians وَأَنباطٌand Nabataeans يُؤَدّونَthey pay جِزيَةًtribute
نَصارى وَأَنباطٌ يُؤَدّونَ جِزيَةً
سِراعاًswiftly بِهاwith it جَمزاًat a gallop إِذاwhen هيit أُهِلَّتِwas called for
سِراعاً بِها جَمزاً إِذا هي أُهِلَّتِ
Christians and Nabataeans, paying tribute,
rushing with it at a gallop whenever it is called for.
سَقَتهُمit made them drink زُعافَdeadly السُمِّpoison حَتّىuntil تَذَبذَبواthey reeled
سَقَتهُم زُعافَ السُمِّ حَتّى تَذَبذَبوا
وَلاقَواand they met قَناتيmy spear صُلبَةًrigid فَاِستَمَرَّتِso it held firm
وَلاقَوا قَناتي صُلبَةً فَاِستَمَرَّتِ
It made them drink deadly poison until they reeled,
and they met my spear, rigid, and it held firm.
تُعالِنُopenly display بالسَوءاتِwith shameful things نِسوانُthe women of طَيِّءٍṬayyiʾ
تُعالِنُ بالسَوءاتِ نِسوانُ طَيِّءٍ
وَأَخبَثُand the foulest أَسرارٍsecrets إِذاwhen هيshe أَسَرَّتِconcealed
وَأَخبَثُ أَسرارٍ إِذا هي أَسَرَّتِ
The women of Ṭayyiʾ openly flaunt their shame,
and her secrets are the foulest when she conceals them.
لَهاshe has جَبهَةٌa forehead كَالفِهرِlike a pounding-stone يُنديgrows damp إِطارُهاits rim
لَها جَبهَةٌ كَالفِهرِ يُندي إِطارُها
إِذاwhen وَرِمَتswelled أَلغادُهاher jowls وَاِشمَخَرَّتِand rose high
إِذا وَرِمَت أَلغادُها وَاِشمَخَرَّتِ
She has a forehead like a pounding-stone, its rim growing damp,
when her jowls swell and rise high.
أَتَذكُرُdo you recall? شَأنَthe affair of الأَزدِal-Azd ماnot أَنتَyou مِنهُمُone of them
أَتَذكُرُ شَأنَ الأَزدِ ما أَنتَ مِنهُمُ
وَماand what لَقِيَتsuffered مِنّاfrom us عُمانُOman وَذَلَّتِand was humbled
وَما لَقِيَت مِنّا عُمانُ وَذَلَّتِ
Do you recall the affair of al-Azd—you are not one of them—
and what Oman suffered at our hands, and how it was humbled?
قَتَلناهُمُwe killed them حَتّىuntil أَبَرناwe annihilated شَريدَهُمtheir fugitives
قَتَلناهُمُ حَتّى أَبَرنا شَريدَهُم
وَقَدand indeed سُبِيَتwere taken captive نِسوانُهُمtheir women وَاِستُحِلَّتِand were deemed lawful
وَقَد سُبِيَت نِسوانُهُم وَاِستُحِلَّتِ
We killed them until we wiped out their fugitives,
and their women were taken captive and made lawful to us.
نَسيتُمyou forgot بِقِندابيلَat Qindābīl يَوماًa day مُذَكَّراًfierce
نَسيتُم بِقِندابيلَ يَوماً مُذَكَّراً
شَهيراًrenowned وَقَتلىand the slain of الأَزدِal-Azd بِالقاعِon the plain جُرَّتِwere dragged
شَهيراً وَقَتلى الأَزدِ بِالقاعِ جُرَّتِ
You have forgotten a fierce day at Qindābīl,
a renowned day, when al-Azd’s slain were dragged across the plain.
Translation model: Sol 6.1