أَلَمdid you not تأرَقlie awake لِضَوءِat the light of البَرthe lightning (continued)
أَلَم تأرَق لِضَوءِ البَر
قِcompletes 'lightning' فيin أَسحَمَa black cloud لَمّاحِflashing repeatedly
قِ في أَسحَمَ لَمّاحِ
Did you not lie awake at the lightning’s gleam
in a black cloud flashing brightly,
كَأَعناقِlike the necks of نِساءِthe women of الهِنIndia (continued)
كَأَعناقِ نِساءِ الهِن
دِcompletes 'India' قَدalready شيبَتwere mingled بِأَوضاحِwith silver ornaments
دِ قَد شيبَت بِأَوضاحِ
like the necks of Indian women
adorned with silver ornaments?
تُوءَامِtwin-dropping الوَدقِrain كالزاحِlike a weary camel (continued)
تُوءَامِ الوَدقِ كالزاحِ
فِcompletes 'weary camel' يُزجىis urged along خَلفَbehind أَطلاحِexhausted camels
فِ يُزجى خَلفَ أَطلاحِ
With rain in twinned drops, like a weary camel
urged on behind exhausted camels.
كَأَنَّas though العازِفَthe musician الجِنِّيthe jinn (continued)
كَأَنَّ العازِفَ الجِنِّي
يَcompletes 'jinn' أَوor أَصواتَthe voices of أَنواحِmourners
يَ أَو أَصواتَ أَنواحِ
As though a jinn musician
or the voices of mourners
عَلىupon أَرجائِهاits edges الغُرُّthe bright flashes
عَلى أَرجائِها الغُرُّ
تَهَديِّهاguide it بِمِصباحِwith a lamp
تَهَديِّها بِمِصباحِ
were at its edges; bright flashes
guide it with a lamp.
فَقالَthen said الضَبُّthe spiny-tailed lizard لِلضِفدَto the frog (continued)
فَقالَ الضَبُّ لِلضِفدَ
عِcompletes 'frog' فيin بَيداءَa desert قِرواحِbare and open
عِ في بَيداءَ قِرواحِ
Then the lizard said to the frog
in a bare, open desert:
تأمَّلconsider كَيفَhow تَنجوyou will escape اليَوtoday (continued)
تأمَّل كَيفَ تَنجو اليَو
مَcompletes 'today' مِنfrom كَربٍdistress وَتَطراحِand being tossed about
مَ مِن كَربٍ وَتَطراحِ
“Consider how you will escape today
from distress and being tossed about.
فَإِنّيfor indeed I am سابِحٌa swimmer ناجٍone who escapes
فَإِنّي سابِحٌ ناجٍ
وَماand not أَنتَyou بِسَبّاحِa skilled swimmer
وَما أَنتَ بِسَبّاحِ
For I am a swimmer who will survive,
and you are no swimmer.”
فَلَمّاthen when دَقَّgrew slender أَنفُthe nose of المُزthe raincloud (continued)
فَلَمّا دَقَّ أَنفُ المُز
نِcompletes 'raincloud' أَبدىdisplayed خَيرَthe best إِرواحِevening rainfall
نِ أَبدى خَيرَ إِرواحِ
Then, when the raincloud’s nose grew slender,
it offered the finest evening shower,
وَسَحَّand streamed الماءُthe water مِنfrom مُستَحa milked cloud (continued)
وَسَحَّ الماءُ مِن مُستَح
لَبٍcompletes 'milked' بِالماءِfor water سَحّاحِpouring profusely
لَبٍ بِالماءِ سَحّاحِ
and water streamed from a cloud milked
for water, pouring profusely.
رأىsaw الضَبُّthe spiny-tailed lizard مِنfrom الضِفدَthe frog (continued)
رأى الضَبُّ مِن الضِفدَ
عِcompletes 'frog' عَوماًswimming غَيرَnot مُنجاحِsuccessful
عِ عَوماً غَيرَ مُنجاحِ
The lizard saw the frog
swimming without success.
وَحَطَّand brought down العُصمَthe ibex يُهوِيهاhurling them down
وَحَطَّ العُصمَ يُهوِيها
ثجُوجٌa copiously pouring cloud غَيرُnot نَشّاحِscant of rain
ثجُوجٌ غَيرُ نَشّاحِ
And the ibex were brought down, hurled headlong
by a freely pouring, unstinting raincloud,
ثقالُheavy المَشيِof gait كالسَكراlike a drunken man (continued)
ثقالُ المَشيِ كالسَكرا
نِcompletes 'drunken man' يَمشيwalks خَلفَهُbehind him الصاحيthe sober man
نِ يَمشي خَلفَهُ الصاحي
heavy of gait, like a drunken man
with a sober man walking behind him.
Translation model: Sol 6.1