أَنّيthat I am لمنindeed of نَبعَةٍa nabʿ tree صُمٍsolid مَكاسِرُهاits breaking points
أَنّي لمن نَبعَةٍ صُمٍ مَكاسِرُها
إِذاwhen تَقادَمتِhave grown old القَصباءُthe reeds وَالعُشَرُand the ʿushar shrubs
إِذا تَقادَمتِ القَصباءُ وَالعُشَرُ
I am indeed of a nabʿ tree, solid at its breaking points,
when the reeds and the ʿushar shrubs have grown old.
وَلاand not أَلينُI yield لِغَيرِto anything other than الحَقِّthe truth أَتبَعُهُI follow it
وَلا أَلينُ لِغَيرِ الحَقِّ أَتبَعُهُ
حَتّىuntil يَلينَsoftens لِضِرسِto the molar of الماضِغِthe chewer الحَجَرُthe stone
حَتّى يَلينَ لِضِرسِ الماضِغِ الحَجَرُ
And I yield to nothing but the truth, which I follow,
until stone softens beneath the chewer’s molar.
Sol 6.1