وكنتُand I would إذاwhenever فَتَكَتstruck savagely بالنَّدىat generosity
وكنتُ إذا فَتَكَت بالنَّدى
صُروفُvicissitudes الرَّدىdoom فَمحَتand erased رَسمَهُits trace
صُروفُ الرَّدى فَمحَت رَسمَهُ
And whenever generosity was struck down
When the turns of fate would erase the dew
by the vicissitudes of doom, which erased its trace,
Obliterating its trace
أتيتُI came to المُظفَّرَal-Muzaffar (the victorious) مُستَنصِراًseeking aid
أتيتُ المُظفَّرَ مُستَنصِراً
علىin حَربِهاwaging war against them فاستَعرتُand so I borrowed اسمَهُhis name
على حَربِها فاستَعرتُ اسمَهُ
I would come to al-Muzaffar, seeking his aid
I would come to Al-Muzaffar seeking aid
in waging war against them, and so borrow his name.
Against its war, borrowing his name
Sol 6.1