حَجَرٌa stone،,فِيatطُلُوعِrisingالْقَمَرِthe moon..
A stone, at the moonrise.
فَذَكَرُواSo they mentionedأَنَّthatأَتَانًاa female donkeyتَعْتَادُused to frequentنَخْلَةًa palm tree،,فَتَرْفَعُso she raisesيَدَيْهَاher forelegs،,وَتَعْطُوand reachesبِفِيهَاwith her mouth،,وَتَأْخُذُand takesالْحَلَقَانِthe two earringsوَالْمُنَسِّتَةَand the hanging thing (?)وَالْمُنَصَّفَةَand the half-ripe datesوَالْمَعْوَةَ2and the young dates..
So they mentioned that a female donkey used to frequent a palm tree, raising her forelegs and reaching with her mouth, taking the earrings, the hanging clusters, the half-ripe dates, and the young dates ⟦2⟧.
فَتَنَكَّبْتُSo I tookقَوْسِيmy bow،,وَتَقَلَّدْتُand I slungجَفِيرِي3my quiver..
So I took my bow and slung my quiver ⟦3⟧.
فَإِذَاAnd thenهِيَsheقَدْalreadyأَقْبَلَتْapproached،,فَرَمَيْتُهَاso I shot herفَخَرَّتْand she fellلِفِيهَاon her mouth..
And then she approached, so I shot her and she fell on her mouth.
فَأَدْرَكْتُThen I reached herفَقَوَّرْتُand I cut outسُرَّتَهَاher navelوَمَعْرِفَتَهَا4and her withers،,فَقَدَحْتُand I struckنَارِيmy fire،,وَجَمَعْتُand I gatheredحَطَبِيmy firewood،,ثُمَّthenدَفَنْتُهَاI buried her..
Then I reached her, cut out her navel and her withers ⟦4⟧, struck my fire, gathered my firewood, then buried her.
ثُمَّThenأَدْرَكَنِيovertook meمَاthat whichيُدْرِكُovertakesالشَّبَابَthe youthمِنَofالنَّوْمِsleep،,فَمَاand notاسْتَيْقَظْتُI woke upإِلَّاexceptبِحَرِّby the heatالشَّمْسِof the sunفِيonظَهْرِيmy back..
Then the sleep that overtakes youth overtook me, and I did not wake up except by the heat of the sun on my back.
ثُمَّThenكَشَفْتُI uncoveredعَنْهَاher،,فَإِذَاand there wasلَهَاfor herغَطِيطٌ5a bubblingمِنَofالْوَدَكِ6fat،,كَتَدَاعِيlike the collapseطَيِّئٍof Tayyiوَغَطِيفٍand Ghutayfوَغَطَفَانَand Ghatafan..
Then I uncovered her, and there was a bubbling ⟦5⟧ of fat ⟦6⟧, like the collapse of Tayyi, Ghutayf, and Ghatafan.
ثُمَّThenقُمْتُI wentإِلَىtoالرُّطَبِthe ripe dates،,وَقَدْand alreadyضَرَبَهُstruck themبَرْدُthe coldالسَّحَرِof the dawn،,فَجَنَيْتُso I pluckedالْمَعْوَةَthe young datesوَالْحَلَقَانِand the two earringsفَجَعَلْتُand I beganأَضَعُto placeالشَّحْمَةَthe piece of fatبَيْنَbetweenالرُّطْبَتَيْنِthe two dates،,وَالرُّطْبَةَand the dateبَيْنَbetweenالشَّحْمَتَيْنِthe two pieces of fat،,فَأَظُنُّso I thinkالشَّحْمَةَthe piece of fatسَمْنَةًis pure butter،,ثُمَّthenسَلَاءَةًclarified fat..
Then I went to the ripe dates, which the cold of dawn had struck, so I plucked the young dates and the earrings, and I began to place a piece of fat between two dates, and a date between two pieces of fat, so I think the fat is pure butter, then clarified fat.
وَأَحْسَبُهَاAnd I think itمِنْfromحَلَاوَتِهَاits sweetnessشَهْدَةًa honeycombأُحْدِرُهَاI bring it downمِنَfromالطَّوْدِthe mountain..
And I think it, from its sweetness, is a honeycomb that I bring down from the mountain.
وَأَنَاAnd Iأَتَّهِمُsuspectهَذَاthisالْحَدِيثَnarrationلِأَنَّbecauseفِيهِin itمَاthat whichلَاnotيَجُوزُis permissibleأَنْthatيَتَكَلَّمَspeakبِهِwith itعَرَبِيٌّan Arabيَعْرِفُwho knowsمَذَاهِبَthe waysالْعَرَبِof the Arabs..
And I suspect this narration because it contains that which an Arab who knows the ways of the Arabs is not permitted to speak.
وَهُوَAnd it isمِنْfromأَحَادِيثِthe narrations ofالْهَيْثَمِ7al-Haytham..
And it is from the narrations of al-Haytham ⟦7⟧.
وَقَالَAnd saidمَدِينِيٌّa man from Mada'inلِأَعْرَابِيٍّto a Bedouin::«"أَيُّwhatشَيْءٍthingتَدْعُونَdo you call،,وَأَيُّand whatشَيْءٍthingتَأْكُلُونَdo you eat»"؟?
And a man from Mada'in said to a Bedouin: "What do you call (as game), and what do you eat?"
قَالَHe said::«"نَأْكُلُWe eatمَاwhatدَبَّcreptوَدَرَجَand walkedإِلَّاexceptأُمَّmotherحُبَيْنٍ8Hubayn»"،,فَقَالَso saidالْمَدِينِيُّthe man from Mada'in::«"لِتَهْنَmay be blessedأُمَّmotherحُبَيْنٍHubaynالْعَافِيَةُwell-being»"..
He said: "We eat what creeps and walks except Umm Hubayn ⟦8⟧," so the man from Mada'in said: "May Umm Hubayn be blessed with well-being."
Footnotes
- 1.تَعْطُو: تَتَنَاوَلُ بِفِيهَا.
Ta'lu: she takes with her mouth.
- 2.الْمُنَسِّتَةُ: الَّتِي تَسَّاقَطَ بَعْضُهَا. وَالْمُنَصَّفَةُ: الَّتِي بَلَغَ نِصْفُهَا. وَالْمَعْوَةُ: مَا قَرُبَ مِنَ النَّخْلَةِ. وَالْحَلَقَانِ: ثَمَرَةُ النَّخْلِ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَتَوَنَّى.
Al-munassitah: that which has partly fallen. Al-munassafah: that which has reached half ripeness. Al-ma'wah: what is close to the palm tree. Al-halaqan: the fruit of the palm before it becomes ripe.
- 3.الْجَفِيرُ: كِنَانَةُ السِّلَاحِ.
Al-jafir: the quiver of weapons.
- 4.الْمَعْرِفَةُ: مَوْضِعُ الْقَفَا مِنَ الْفَرَسِ.
Al-ma'rifah: the place of the nape on a horse.
- 5.الْغَطِيطُ: صَوْتُ الْقِدْرِ عِنْدَ الْغَلَيَانِ.
Al-ghateet: the sound of a pot when boiling.
- 6.الْوَدَكُ: مَا تَحَلَّبَ مِنَ السَّمْنِ وَالشَّحْمِ.
Al-wadak: what flows from clarified butter and fat.
- 7.الْهَيْثَمُ: هُوَ الْهَيْثَمُ بْنُ عَدِيٍّ الطَّائِيُّ.
Al-Haytham: he is al-Haytham ibn Adi al-Ta'i.
- 8.أُمُّ حُبَيْنٍ: دُوَيْبَّةٌ أَمْثَالُ الْعَقْرَبِ.
Umm Hubayn: a small creature like the scorpion.