حَيِّgreet الدِيارَthe dwellings بِعاقِلٍat Aqil فَالأَنعُمِthen at al-An'um
حَيِّ الدِيارَ بِعاقِلٍ فَالأَنعُمِ
كَالوَحيِlike writing فيon رَقِّthe parchment الكِتابِof the book المُعجَمِwith dotted letters
كَالوَحيِ في رَقِّ الكِتابِ المُعجَمِ
Greet the dwellings at Aqil, then at al-An'um,
The abodes prosper with a wise one, so be prosperous
like writing on the parchment of a book with dotted letters.
Like a revelation in elegant script on parchment
طَلَلٌa ruined campsite تَجُرُّdraw بِهِacross it الرِياحُthe winds سَوارِياًnight-traveling rainclouds
طَلَلٌ تَجُرُّ بِهِ الرِياحُ سَوارِياً
وَالمُدجِناتُand dark rainclouds مِنَfrom السِماكِal-Simak المِرزَمِal-Mirzam
وَالمُدجِناتُ مِنَ السِماكِ المِرزَمِ
A ruined campsite: winds draw night-traveling rainclouds across it,
A relic over which the winds drag trains
and dark rainclouds from al-Simak al-Mirzam.
And spotted cattle graze among acacias
عَفّىeffaced المَنازِلَthe dwellings كُلُّevery جَونٍdark cloud ماطِرٍraining
عَفّى المَنازِلَ كُلُّ جَونٍ ماطِرٍ
أَوor كُلُّevery مُعصِفَةٍgale حَصاهاits pebbles يَرتَميare hurled
أَو كُلُّ مُعصِفَةٍ حَصاها يَرتَمي
Every dark, raining cloud has effaced the dwellings,
Every valley exposed by a downpour decays
or every gale whose pebbles fly.
Or every tempest whose pebbles it hurls far away
أَصرَمتَyou ended حاجَتَكَyour desire الَّتيwhich قَضَّيتَهاyou fulfilled
أَصرَمتَ حاجَتَكَ الَّتي قَضَّيتَها
وَمَعَand with الظَعائِنِthe departing women حاجَةٌa desire لَمnot تُصرَمِwas ended
وَمَعَ الظَعائِنِ حاجَةٌ لَم تُصرَمِ
You have ended the desire you fulfilled,
You have attained the need for which you strived
yet with the departing women remains a desire unresolved.
While with the beasts is another need, unattained
بَقَرٌwild cows أَوانِسُgentle لَمnot تُصِبhave struck غِرّاتِهاtheir unguarded moments
بَقَرٌ أَوانِسُ لَم تُصِب غِرّاتِها
نَبلُthe arrows الرُماةِof the archers وَلاnor رِماحُthe spears المُستَميof the hunter
نَبلُ الرُماةِ وَلا رِماحُ المُستَمي
Gentle wild cows, never caught off guard
Gazelles of meadows that have not faced the arrows
by archers' arrows or a hunter's spears.
Of archers nor the spears thrown in battle
أَخلَفنَthey disappointed كُلَّevery مُتَيَّمٍlove-stricken man مَنَّينَهُthey filled him with hopes
أَخلَفنَ كُلَّ مُتَيَّمٍ مَنَّينَهُ
وَجَفَونَand they shunned مَنزِلَةَthe place الرَهينِof the captive المُغرَمِenslaved by love
وَجَفَونَ مَنزِلَةَ الرَهينِ المُغرَمِ
They disappointed every love-stricken man they fed with hopes,
One after another, the abandoned tents decayed
and shunned the place of the captive enslaved by love.
And the dwellings of the mortgaged faded away
إِنَّindeed البَغيضَthe hated man لَهُfor him مَنازِلُplaces عِندَناamong us
إِنَّ البَغيضَ لَهُ مَنازِلُ عِندَنا
لَيسَتare not كَمَنزِلَةِlike the place المُحِبِّof the lover المُكرَمِhonored
لَيسَت كَمَنزِلَةِ المُحِبِّ المُكرَمِ
The hated man indeed has places among us,
Indeed, the hated one has dwellings with us
unlike the place of the honored lover.
Not like the dwellings of the loved one, honored
ماwhat نَظرَةٌa glance لَكَfor you يَومَon the day تَجعَلُshe places دونَهاbefore it
ما نَظرَةٌ لَكَ يَومَ تَجعَلُ دونَها
فَضلَthe loose fold الرِداءِof the cloak وَتَتَّقيand shields herself بِالمِعصَمِwith the wrist
فَضلَ الرِداءِ وَتَتَّقي بِالمِعصَمِ
What glimpse can you gain when she places before it
No glance at you on a day that you place
the loose fold of her cloak, shielding herself with her wrist?
The preference of a cloak and take caution with bracelets
وَلَقَدand indeed قَطَعتُI crossed مجاهِلاًunknown wastes وَمَناهِلاًand watering places
وَلَقَد قَطَعتُ مجاهِلاً وَمَناهِلاً
وَجِمامُand the pools آجِنِهاof their stagnant water كَلَونِlike the color العَندَمِof red dye
وَجِمامُ آجِنِها كَلَونِ العَندَمِ
Indeed, I have crossed unknown wastes and watering places,
I have traversed ignorant lands and watering places
whose pools of stagnant water were the color of red dye.
And their camel saddles are the color of andam wood
وَإِذاand when المُطَوَّقُthe collared bird باضَlaid eggs فيin أَرجائِهاtheir reaches
وَإِذا المُطَوَّقُ باضَ في أَرجائِها
حُسِبَتwere reckoned نَقائِضُهُits broken eggshells فَلاقُshards الحَنتَمِof glazed earthenware jars
حُسِبَت نَقائِضُهُ فَلاقُ الحَنتَمِ
And when the collared bird laid eggs in their reaches,
And when the adorned camels ranged about
its broken eggshells were taken for shards of glazed earthenware.
Their brands were counted as the claws of the monitor
إِنَّindeed الوَليدَal-Walid خَليفَةٌa caliph لِخَليفَةٍsucceeding a caliph
إِنَّ الوَليدَ خَليفَةٌ لِخَليفَةٍ
رَفَعَhe raised البِناءَthe edifice عَلىupon البِناءِthe edifice الأَعظَمِthe mightiest
رَفَعَ البِناءَ عَلى البِناءِ الأَعظَمِ
Al-Walid is indeed a caliph succeeding a caliph;
Indeed, al-Walid is the caliph to a caliph
he raised the edifice upon the mightiest edifice.
Who raised the edifice above a greater edifice
فَعَلاso rose high بِناؤُكُمُyour edifice الَّذيwhich شَرَّفتُمُyou exalted
فَعَلا بِناؤُكُمُ الَّذي شَرَّفتُمُ
وَلَكُمand yours are أَباطِحُthe broad valley-beds كُلِّof every وادٍvalley مُفعَمِbrimming
وَلَكُم أَباطِحُ كُلِّ وادٍ مُفعَمِ
Thus the edifice you exalted rose high,
Your structure you ennobled and exalted
and yours are the broad beds of every brimming valley.
And for you are the plains of every valley teeming
كَمhow many قَدindeed قَطَعتُI crossed إِلَيكَto reach you مِنof دَيمومَةٍa vast desert
كَم قَد قَطَعتُ إِلَيكَ مِن دَيمومَةٍ
يَهماءَtrackless غُفلٍunmarked لَيلُهاits night كَالأَيهَمِlike a pathless wilderness
يَهماءَ غُفلٍ لَيلُها كَالأَيهَمِ
How many a vast desert I have crossed to reach you,
How much sun-scorched wilderness have I traversed toward you
trackless and unmarked, its night like a pathless wilderness.
The night-darkness of which is like ambiguous night
وَتَرَكتُand I left ناجِيَةَthe swift one المَهارىof the Mahri camels زاحِفاًcrawling from exhaustion
وَتَرَكتُ ناجِيَةَ المَهارى زاحِفاً
بَعدَafter الزِوَرَّةِstout strength وَالجُلالِand massive bulk الأَحزَمِsturdy-girt
بَعدَ الزِوَرَّةِ وَالجُلالِ الأَحزَمِ
And I left the swift Mahri camel crawling,
I left the cameleer's song behind, crawling
after its stout strength and massive, sturdy-girt build.
After visiting at noon and earnest journeys
إِنَّindeed الوَليدَal-Walid هُوَhe الإِمامُthe imam المُصطَفىthe chosen one
إِنَّ الوَليدَ هُوَ الإِمامُ المُصطَفى
بِالنَصرِwith victory هُزَّwas waved لِواؤُهُhis banner وَالمَغنَمِand spoils
بِالنَصرِ هُزَّ لِواؤُهُ وَالمَغنَمِ
Al-Walid is indeed the chosen imam;
Indeed, al-Walid, he is the chosen imam
his banner was waved with victory and spoils.
His banner stirs to victory and booty
ذوthe Lord of العَرشِthe Throne قَدَّرَordained أَنthat تَكونَyou should be خَليفَةًa caliph
ذو العَرشِ قَدَّرَ أَن تَكونَ خَليفَةً
مُلِّكتَyou were made ruler فَاِعلُso rise عَلىupon المَنابِرِthe pulpits وَاِسلَمِand remain safe
مُلِّكتَ فَاِعلُ عَلى المَنابِرِ وَاِسلَمِ
The Lord of the Throne ordained that you should be caliph.
He of the Throne has decreed that you be caliph
You were made ruler: rise upon the pulpits and remain safe.
You were empowered, so submit, O speaker
وَرِثَhe inherited الأَعِنَّةَthe reins وَالأَسِنَّةَand spearheads وَاِنتَمىand traced his lineage
وَرِثَ الأَعِنَّةَ وَالأَسِنَّةَ وَاِنتَمى
فيin بَيتِa house مَكرُمَةٍof nobility رَفيعِlofty السُلَّمِin its stairway
في بَيتِ مَكرُمَةٍ رَفيعِ السُلَّمِ
He inherited reins and spearheads, and traced his lineage
He inherited the staffs and the swords and claimed ancestry
to a house of nobility whose stairway rises high.
In a house of honor, with a lofty ladder
وَرَأَيتُand I saw أَبنِيَةًbuildings خَوَتfall vacant وَتَهَدَّمَتand collapse
وَرَأَيتُ أَبنِيَةً خَوَت وَتَهَدَّمَت
وَبِناءُand the edifice عَرشِكَof your throne خالِدٌenduring لَمnot يُهدَمِhas been demolished
وَبِناءُ عَرشِكَ خالِدٌ لَم يُهدَمِ
I have seen buildings fall vacant and collapse,
I have seen structures built then destroyed
but the edifice of your throne endures, never demolished.
While your throne's edifice is eternal, undiminished
تَرَكَhe abandoned النَجاةَescape وَحَلَّand settled حَيثُwhere تَمَنَّعَتstood impregnable
تَرَكَ النَجاةَ وَحَلَّ حَيثُ تَمَنَّعَت
أَعياصُهُhis ancestral thickets وَلِكُلِّand to every خَيرٍvirtue يَنتَميhe belongs
أَعياصُهُ وَلِكُلِّ خَيرٍ يَنتَمي
He forsook flight and settled where stood impregnable
He has abandoned salvation and settled where
his ancestral thickets; and to every virtue he belongs.
His unruly steeds refused and scorned all good
عَرَفَhas known البَرِيَّةُcreation أَنَّthat كُلَّevery خَليفَةٍcaliph
عَرَفَ البَرِيَّةُ أَنَّ كُلَّ خَليفَةٍ
مِنfrom فَرعِa branch عيصِكَof your stock كَالفَنيقِlike a prized male camel المُقرَمِreserved for breeding
مِن فَرعِ عيصِكَ كَالفَنيقِ المُقرَمِ
Creation knows that every caliph
The land knew that every caliph
from a branch of your stock is like a prized breeding camel.
From your noble line is like a seasoned phoenix
خَزَمَhe pierced الأُنوفَthe noses وَقادَand led كُلَّevery عِمارَةٍtribe
خَزَمَ الأُنوفَ وَقادَ كُلَّ عِمارَةٍ
صَعبُhard القِيادِto lead مَخاطِرٌa tail-lashing stallion لَمnot يُخزَمِwas nose-bridled
صَعبُ القِيادِ مَخاطِرٌ لَم يُخزَمِ
He pierced noses and led every tribe,
He broke the noses [i.e. humiliated enemies] and led
hard to lead himself, a tail-lashing stallion never nose-bridled.
Every lofty structure, bold, unbroken
وَبَنوand the sons الوَليدِof al-Walid مِنَin relation to الوَليدِal-Walid بِمَنزِلٍin a position
وَبَنو الوَليدِ مِنَ الوَليدِ بِمَنزِلٍ
كَالبَدرِlike the full moon حُفَّsurrounded بِواضِحاتِby bright الأَنجُمِstars
كَالبَدرِ حُفَّ بِواضِحاتِ الأَنجُمِ
Al-Walid and his sons stand together
Al Walid's sons are to Al Walid in position
like the full moon encircled by shining stars.
Like the full moon ringed by shining stars
وَلَقَدand indeed سَمَوتَyou advanced إِلىagainst النَصارىthe Christians سَموَةًan assault
وَلَقَد سَمَوتَ إِلى النَصارى سَموَةً
رَجَفَتtrembled لِوَقعَتِهاat its impact جِبالُthe mountains الديلَمِof Daylam
رَجَفَت لِوَقعَتِها جِبالُ الديلَمِ
Indeed, you mounted an assault against the Christians
You have soared against the Christians with a soaring
at whose impact the mountains of Daylam trembled.
That shook for its impact the mountains of Edessa
إِنَّindeed الكَنيسَةَthe church كانَwas هَدمُthe demolition بِنائِهاof its edifice
إِنَّ الكَنيسَةَ كانَ هَدمُ بِنائِها
قَسراًby force فَكانَand it was هَزيمَةًa defeat لِلأَخرَمِfor al-Akhram
قَسراً فَكانَ هَزيمَةً لِلأَخرَمِ
The church's edifice was indeed demolished
Verily, the demolition of their church's structure
by force, and that was a defeat for al-Akhram.
Was difficult, so it was a defeat for the noseless
فَأَراكَso showed you رَبُّكَyour Lord إِذwhen كَسَرتَyou broke صَليبَهُمtheir cross
فَأَراكَ رَبُّكَ إِذ كَسَرتَ صَليبَهُم
نورَthe light الهُدىof guidance وَعَلِمتَand you knew ماwhat لَمnot نَعلَمِwe knew
نورَ الهُدى وَعَلِمتَ ما لَم نَعلَمِ
So your Lord showed you, when you broke their cross,
Thus your Lord showed you when you destroyed their cross
the light of guidance; you knew what we did not know.
The light of guidance and taught what we did not know
وَإِذاand when الكَتائِبُthe battalions أَعلَمَتraised راياتِهاtheir standards
وَإِذا الكَتائِبُ أَعلَمَت راياتِها
وَكَأَنَّهُنَّand as though they were عِتاقُnoble طَيرٍbirds حُوَّمِcircling
وَكَأَنَّهُنَّ عِتاقُ طَيرٍ حُوَّمِ
And when the battalions raised their standards,
When the battalions raised their banners
they seemed like noble birds circling.
It was as if they were the feathers of circling birds
نَطَحَhe butted الرُؤوسَthe heads بِهامَةٍwith a skull فَتَفَرَّقواso they scattered
نَطَحَ الرُؤوسَ بِهامَةٍ فَتَفَرَّقوا
عَنهاaway from it وَعَظمُand the bone فَراشِهاof its skull-plates لَمnot يُهزَمِwas crushed
عَنها وَعَظمُ فَراشِها لَم يُهزَمِ
He butted their heads with his own, and they scattered
He gored heads with resolve, so they scattered
away from it, while its skull-bones stayed uncrushed.
From it, yet the expanse of its bed was not defeated
مِردىa crushing stone الحُروبِof wars إِذَwhen الحُروبُwars تَوَقَّدَتblazed
مِردى الحُروبِ إِذَ الحُروبُ تَوَقَّدَت
وَحَياًand life-giving rain إِذاwhen كَثُرَتmultiply عِمادُthe tent-poles الرُزَّمِof the famine-bound
وَحَياً إِذا كَثُرَت عِمادُ الرُزَّمِ
A crushing stone in war when wars burst into flame,
The stirring of wars when wars ignited
and life-giving rain when the tent-poles of the famine-bound multiply.
And the livelihoods when pillars of support multiplied
إِنّيindeed I مِنَam among المُتَنَصِّفينَthose taking their share سِجالَكُمof your brimming buckets
إِنّي مِنَ المُتَنَصِّفينَ سِجالَكُم
يَنفَحنَthey gush مِنfrom ثَبَجِthe midstream الفُراتِof the Euphrates الأَعظَمِthe mighty
يَنفَحنَ مِن ثَبَجِ الفُراتِ الأَعظَمِ
I am among those drawing their share from your brimming buckets,
I am one of those who judge your contention
which gush from the midstream of the mighty Euphrates.
Which bubbles from the mighty Euphrates
أَرجوI hope for سَوابِقَforemost favors ذيone possessed of فَواضِلَbounties مِنهُمُamong them
أَرجو سَوابِقَ ذي فَواضِلَ مِنهُمُ
وَأَخافُand I fear صَولَةَthe onslaught ذيone with شُبولٍcubs ضَيغَمِa mighty lion
وَأَخافُ صَولَةَ ذي شُبولٍ ضَيغَمِ
I hope for the foremost favors of one among them rich in bounty,
I hope for the excellent ones' precedence of merit among them
and fear the onslaught of a mighty lion with cubs.
Yet I fear the ferocity of the gloomy ignoble one
أَشكوI complain إِلَيكَto you وَرُبَّماand perhaps تَكفونَنيyou shield me
أَشكو إِلَيكَ وَرُبَّما تَكفونَني
عَضَّthe bite الزَمانِof time وَثِقلَand the burden دَينِof the debt المَغرَمِof the indebted man
عَضَّ الزَمانِ وَثِقلَ دَينِ المَغرَمِ
I complain to you; you may well shield me from
I complain to you, and perhaps you will protect me
time's bite and the burden of an indebted man's debt.
From the bite of time and the debt of the infatuated
بَرُّthe dry land البِلادِof the realm مُسَخَّرٌsubdued يُجبىits tribute is collected لَكُمfor you
بَرُّ البِلادِ مُسَخَّرٌ يُجبى لَكُم
وَالبَحرُand the sea سُخِّرَwas subdued بِالجَواريthrough ships العُوَّمِafloat
وَالبَحرُ سُخِّرَ بِالجَواري العُوَّمِ
The realm's dry land is subdued; its tribute is gathered for you,
The land's expanse is harnessed, levied for you
and the sea is subdued through ships afloat.
And the sea is harnessed with ships fully laden
وَتَرىand you see الجِفانَthe serving-bowls يَمُدُّهاreplenishes them قَمعُthe cutting off الذُرىof camel-humps
وَتَرى الجِفانَ يَمُدُّها قَمعُ الذُرى
مَدَّas the replenishing الجَداوِلِof channels بِالأَتِيِّby the oncoming flood المُفعَمِbrimming
مَدَّ الجَداوِلِ بِالأَتِيِّ المُفعَمِ
You see the serving-bowls fed by the cutting of camel-humps,
You see the leather buckets which the star of fortune
as channels are replenished by a brimming flood.
Extends like the channels filled to the brim
وَالقِدرُand the cauldron تَنهِمُgrowls بِالمَحالِwith backbone-joints وَتَرتَميand heaves
وَالقِدرُ تَنهِمُ بِالمَحالِ وَتَرتَمي
بِالزَورِwith ribs هَمهَمَةَthe rumbling الحِصانِof the stallion الأَدهَمِthe black one
بِالزَورِ هَمهَمَةَ الحِصانِ الأَدهَمِ
And the cauldron growls with backbone-joints and heaves
And the cooking pots bubble ambitiously and hurl
with ribs, rumbling like a black stallion.
With fraud the murmur of the dusky steed
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.