لَمْnotتَأْكُلِeatالفَثَّthe colocynthوَandالدُّعَاعَthe dwarf plantsوَandلَمْnot......تَجْنِgatherهَبِيدًاthe colocynth seedsيَجْنِيهِgathers itمُهْتَبِدُهُthe one who gathers it
They did not eat colocynth or dwarf plants, nor did they gather colocynth seeds as the one who gathers them does.
قَالَsaidأُمَيَّةُUmayyaابْنُson ofأَبِيAbiالصَّلْتِ1as-Salt
Umayya ibn Abi as-Salt said:
وَandلَاnotيَتَنَازَعُونَthey contendعِنَانَthe reinشِرْكٍpolytheismوَandلَاnorأَقْوَاتِthe provisionsأَهْلِهِمْof their peopleالعَسُومُthe wandering
And they do not contend for the rein of polytheism, nor for the provisions of their wandering people.
وَandلَاnorقِرْدٌa monkeyيَقْزَزُis disgustedمِنْfromطَعَامٍfoodوَandلَاnorنَصَبٌafflictionوَandلَاnorمَوْلًىa clientعَدِيمٌdestitute
Nor is there a monkey disgusted with food, nor affliction, nor a destitute client.
وَandقَالَsaidمُعَاوِيَةُMu'awiyaابْنُson ofأَبِيAbiرَبِيعَةَRabi'aالجَرْمِيُّthe Jarmiفِيinالقُرَّةِthe al-qurraوَandهُوَheيُعَيِّرُis rebukingبَنِيsons ofأَسَدٍAsadوَandنَاسًاpeopleمِنْfromهَوَازِنَ2Hawazinوَandهُمَاthey twoابْنَاsons ofالقَمْلِيَةِ3al-Qamliya
Mu'awiya ibn Abi Rabi'a al-Jarmi said regarding al-qurra, rebuking Banu Asad and some people from Hawazin — they are the two sons of al-Qamliya:
أَلَمْdid notتَرَyou seeجَرْمًاJarmأَنْجَدَتْwent to Najdوَandأَبُوكُمْyour fatherمَعَwithالقَمْلِliceفِيinحَفْرِthe diggingالأَقَيْصِرِal-Uqaysirشَارِعُ4standing
Did you not see Jarm went to Najd, while your father with lice in the digging of al-Uqaysir stands?
إِذَاwhenقُرَّةٌa qurraجَاءَتْcameيَقُولُhe saysأَصِبْfindبِهَاwith itسِوَىother thanالقَمْلِliceإِنِّيindeed IمِنْfromهَوَازِنَHawazinضَارِعُ5humiliated
When a qurra came, he says: 'Find for me something other than lice, for I am from Hawazin, humiliated.'
وَand«القُرَامَةُ»al-qurāma::نُحَاتَةُthe scrapingsالقُرُونِof hornsوَandالأَظْلَافِhoovesوَandالمَنَاسِمِclawsوَandبُرَادَتُهَاtheir filings
And al-qurāma: the scrapings of horns, hooves, and claws, and their filings.
وَand«العَلْهَزُ»al-'alhaz::القِرْدَانُthe ticksتُرَضُّare crushedوَandتُعْجَنُare kneadedبِالدَّمِ6with blood
And al-'alhaz: ticks that are crushed and kneaded with blood.
وَand«القُرَّةُ»al-qurra::الدَّقِيقُthe flourالمُخْتَلِطُmixedبِالشَّعْرِwith hairكَانَwasالرَّجُلُthe manمِنْهُمْamong themلَاnotيَحْلِقُhe shavesرَأْسَهُhis headإِلَّاexceptعَلَىonرَأْسِهِhis headقَبْضَةٌa handfulمِنْofدَقِيقٍflourلِيَكُونَto beصَدَقَةًcharityعَلَىuponالضَّرَائِكِthe poorوَandطُهُورًاpurificationلَهُfor him
And al-qurra: flour mixed with hair. A man among them would not shave his head except with a handful of flour on his head, to be charity for the poor and purification for him.
فَمَنْso whoeverأَخَذَtookذَلِكَthatالدَّقِيقَflourلِلْأَكْلِfor eatingفَهُوَthen heمُعَيَّبٌis blamed
Whoever took that flour for eating is blamed.
وَandفِيinأَكْلِeatingالحَيَّاتِsnakesيَقُولُsaysابْنُson ofمُنَاذِرَMunadhir
And regarding eating snakes, Ibn Munadhir says:
فَإِيَّاكُمْbewareوَandالرِّيفَthe fertile landلَاnotتَقْرَبُنَّهُapproach itفَإِنَّfor indeedلَدَيْهِwith himالحَتْفَdeathوَandالمَوْتَdeathقَاضِيَاdeciding
Beware of the fertile land, do not approach it, for with it is death and fate deciding.
وَandهُمْtheyطَرَدُوكُمْexpelled youعَنْfromبِلَادِlandsأَبِيكُمْof your fatherوَandأَنْتُمْyouحُلُولٌdwellersتَشْتَوُونَyou winterالأَفَاعِيَاthe vipers
While they expelled you from your father's lands, and you dwell wintering among vipers.
Footnotes
- 1.لَمْ أَجِدْ تَفْسِيرًا لِهَذَا التَّعْلِيقِ.
I did not find an interpretation for this comment.
- 2.هَذَا شِعْرٌ فِي هِجَاءِ بَنِي أَسَدٍ وَهَوَازِنَ.
This is poetry in satire of Banu Asad and Hawazin.
- 3.القَمْلِيَةُ: لَقَبُ أُمِّهِمَا.
Al-Qamliya is the nickname of their mother.
- 4.الأَقَيْصِرُ: مَوْضِعٌ.
Al-Uqaysir is a place.
- 5.الضَّارِعُ: الذَّلِيلُ.
Ad-Dari' means humiliated.
- 6.العَلْهَزُ: هُوَ القِرْدَانُ الَّذِي يُجَفَّفُ وَيُدَقُّ وَيُخْلَطُ بِالدَّمِ وَيُؤْكَلُ فِي المَجَاعَةِ.
Al-'alhaz is the ticks that are dried, pounded, mixed with blood, and eaten in famine.