لَمّاwhen أَتاناcame to us المُشفِقونَthe anxious well-wishers فَأَنذَرواand warned
لَمّا أَتانا المُشفِقونَ فَأَنذَروا
أَميرَينِtwo emirs مَخشِيّاًfeared عَلَيناupon us رَداهُماtheir deadly harm
أَميرَينِ مَخشِيّاً عَلَينا رَداهُما
When the anxious well-wishers came to us and raised the alarm,
When the anxious well-wishers came to us and warned
warning of two chieftains whose deadly menace we feared,
of two emirs whose deadly harm to us was feared,
وَقالَتand she said أَلاcome now طُفgo round فيamong صَديقِكَyour friends فَاِلتَمِسthen seek
وَقالَت أَلا طُف في صَديقِكَ فَاِلتَمِس
شُعَيبَينِtwo waterskins يَربوpants ساعَةًfor an hour مَنwhoever سَقاهُماfilled them both with water
شُعَيبَينِ يَربو ساعَةً مَن سَقاهُما
she said, “Come, make the rounds among your friends and seek
and she said: “Come, go round among your friends and seek
two small waterskins whose pouring would last beyond an hour.”
two waterskins whose filler pants for an hour.”
جَزىmay reward اللَهُGod عَنّاon our behalf اِبنَيthe two sons of عُمَيرَةَUmayra إِذwhen نَأَتgrew distant
جَزى اللَهُ عَنّا اِبنَي عُمَيرَةَ إِذ نَأَت
أَقارِبُناour kin خَيراًwith good إِذاwhen ماemphatic particle جَزاهُماHe rewards them both
أَقارِبُنا خَيراً إِذا ما جَزاهُما
May God reward, on our behalf, the two sons of ʿUmayra—when
May God reward the two sons of Umayra on our behalf—when
our kinsmen were far away—with goodness whenever He rewards them.
our kin drew away—with good whenever He rewards them.
هُماthe two of them مَتَّعاناsupplied us حينَwhen رُحناwe set out عَشِيَّةًone evening
هُما مَتَّعانا حينَ رُحنا عَشِيَّةً
بِخِبرَينِwith two large waterskins لَمnot يُنفَسbe begrudged عَلَيناto us جَداهُماtheir bounty
بِخِبرَينِ لَم يُنفَس عَلَينا جَداهُما
They sustained us as we set out one evening
They both supplied us, when we set out one evening,
with two great waterskins—their bounty to us unstinted—
with two large waterskins—their bounty was not begrudged us—
بِخِبرَينِwith two large waterskins وَفراوَينِboth shaggy صَيدٍhunted game وَلَيسَتاand they are not
بِخِبرَينِ وَفراوَينِ صَيدٍ وَلَيسَتا
بِضَأنٍof sheep وَلَمand not تُخرَزbe stitched بِغَرفٍwith rawhide thongs كِلاهُماboth of them
بِضَأنٍ وَلَم تُخرَز بِغَرفٍ كِلاهُما
two great waterskins, two ample hides of game; neither was
with two large, shaggy skins of game, not
made of sheepskin, nor was either sewn from leather patches.
sheepskins; neither was stitched with rawhide thongs.
كَأَنَّهُماas though they were قَلتاtwo hollows in صَفاًsmooth rock أَتأَقَتهُماfilled them both to the brim
كَأَنَّهُما قَلتا صَفاً أَتأَقَتهُما
سُعودُthe auspicious stars of الثُرَيّاthe Pleiades ماnot يَبُضُّseeps نَداهُماtheir moisture
سُعودُ الثُرَيّا ما يَبُضُّ نَداهُما
They seemed twin basins in smooth rock, filled to the brim
As though they were two hollows in smooth rock, filled to the brim
by the Pleiades’ auspicious rain-stars, their moisture never seeping away.
by the auspicious stars of the Pleiades; no moisture seeps from them.
