لَعَمريby my life لَقَدindeed رُعتُمyou all alarmed me غَداةَon the morning of سُوَيقَةٍSuwayqa
لَعَمري لَقَد رُعتُم غَداةَ سُوَيقَةٍ
بِبَينِكُمُby your departure ياO عَزَّʿAzza حَقَّtruly جَزوعِa grief-stricken man
بِبَينِكُمُ يا عَزَّ حَقَّ جَزوعِ
By my life, you truly alarmed me that morning at Suwayqa,
by your departure, O ʿAzza, with a grieving man’s full dread.
وَمَرَّتand passed سِراعاًswiftly عيرُهاher caravan وَكَأَنَّهاand as though it were
وَمَرَّت سِراعاً عيرُها وَكَأَنَّها
دَوافِعُships forging ahead بِالكِريَونِat al-Kiryawn ذاتُbearing قُلوعِsails
دَوافِعُ بِالكِريَونِ ذاتُ قُلوعِ
Her caravan sped past, as though it were
sail-bearing ships surging along at al-Kiryawn.
وَحاجَةِand many a desire نَفسٍof the soul قَدindeed قَضَيتُI fulfilled وَحاجَةٍand many a desire
وَحاجَةِ نَفسٍ قَد قَضَيتُ وَحاجَةٍ
تَرَكتُI left aside وَأَمرٍand many an affair قَدindeed أَصَبتُI attained بَديعِrare
تَرَكتُ وَأَمرٍ قَد أَصَبتُ بَديعِ
Many a heart’s desire I have fulfilled, and another
left aside, and many a rare thing attained.
وَماءٍand many a water source كَأَنَّas though اليَثرَبِيَّةَYathrib-made arrows أَنصَلَتshed their points
وَماءٍ كَأَنَّ اليَثرَبِيَّةَ أَنصَلَت
بِأَعقارِهِin its depths دَفعَsurging الإزاءِthe trough’s inlet نَزوعِdrawn from a well
بِأَعقارِهِ دَفعَ الإزاءِ نَزوعِ
And many a well—as though Yathrib-made arrows had shed their points
in its depths—its water drawn up, surging at the trough’s inlet.
وَصادَفتُand I encountered عَيّالاًa prowling wolf كَأَنas though عُواءهُhis howling
وَصادَفتُ عَيّالاً كَأَن عُواءهُ
بُكاthe weeping مُجرَذٍof a destitute man يَبغيseeking المَبيتَa night’s lodging خَليعِan outcast
بُكا مُجرَذٍ يَبغي المَبيتَ خَليعِ
And I met a prowling wolf, whose howl was like
the weeping of a destitute outcast seeking a night’s shelter.
عَوىhe howled ناشِزَjutting الحَيزومِthe chest مُضطَمِرَshrunken الحَشاthe belly
عَوى ناشِزَ الحَيزومِ مُضطَمِرَ الحَشا
يُعالِجُhe struggled through لَيلاًa night قارِساًbitterly cold مَعَwith جوعِhunger
يُعالِجُ لَيلاً قارِساً مَعَ جوعِ
He howled, his chest jutting, his belly drawn in,
struggling through a bitter-cold night with hunger.
فَصَوَّتَso he cried aloud إِذwhen نادىhe called بِباقٍto one enduring عَلىdespite الطَوىhunger
فَصَوَّتَ إِذ نادى بِباقٍ عَلى الطَوى
مُحَنَّبِbowed أَطرافِat the ends العِظامِof the bones هَبوعِmoving with neck outstretched
مُحَنَّبِ أَطرافِ العِظامِ هَبوعِ
Then he cried aloud, calling to one enduring hunger,
bowed in the joints, moving with neck outstretched.
فَلَمbut he did not يَجتَرِسfind إِلّاexcept مُعَرَّسَthe night-halt راكِبٍof a rider
فَلَم يَجتَرِس إِلّا مُعَرَّسَ راكِبٍ
تَأَيّاhe lingered قَليلاًbriefly وَاِستَرىand traveled by night بِقَطيعِwith a whip
تَأَيّا قَليلاً وَاِستَرى بِقَطيعِ
Yet he found only the night-halt of a rider
who lingered briefly, then journeyed on by night with a whip,
وَموقِعِand the imprint حُرجوجٍof a lean she-camel عَلىon ثَفِناتِهاher calloused pads
وَموقِعِ حُرجوجٍ عَلى ثَفِناتِها
صَبورٍpatient عَلىwith عَدوىthe roughness المُناخِof the halting ground جَموعِstrongly built
صَبورٍ عَلى عَدوى المُناخِ جَموعِ
and the imprint of a lean she-camel upon her calloused pads,
patient with rough halting grounds, strongly built,
وَمَطرَحَand the place of casting أَثناءَthe coils الزِمامِof the rein كَأَنَّهُas though it were
وَمَطرَحَ أَثناءَ الزِمامِ كَأَنَّهُ
مَزاحِفُthe crawling tracks أَيمٍof a snake بِالفِناءِon the open ground صَريعِlying outstretched
مَزاحِفُ أَيمٍ بِالفِناءِ صَريعِ
and the place where the rein’s coils lay, like
the tracks of a snake lying outstretched on the open ground.
Translation model: Sol 6.1