منwhoever كانwas يأكلُeats منfrom فريسةthe prey of صيدهِhis hunt
من كان يأكلُ من فريسة صيدهِ
فالتمرُso dates يغنيناsuffice us عنwithout need for المتصيِّدthe hunter
فالتمرُ يغنينا عن المتصيِّد
If anyone feeds on the prey he hunts,
He who used to eat from the prey of his hunt
dates spare us the need for a hunter.
Dates are enough for us instead of the hunter
إناindeed we أُناسpeople ريِّقونnoble وأمُّكمand your mother
إنا أُناس ريِّقون وأمُّكم
ككلابكمlike your dogs فيin الولغlapping والمتردَّدand going to and fro
ككلابكم في الولغ والمتردَّد
Indeed, we are noble folk, and your mother
We are gentle people and your mother
is like your dogs in lapping and roaming to and fro.
Is like your dogs in barking and hesitation
حزناكمُwe confined you للضبِّto the spiny-tailed lizard تحترشونهyou lure it out to catch it
حزناكمُ للضبِّ تحترشونه
والريفِand the fertile countryside نمنعكمwe bar you بكلِّwith every مهنّدِsword of Indian steel
والريفِ نمنعكم بكلِّ مهنّدِ
We have confined you to the spiny-tailed lizard you lure out,
Your sadness for the wolf you provoke
and bar you from the fertile countryside with every sword of Indian steel.
And the countryside we forbid you with every spear
نقضيwe decree فنمضيthen we carry out ماwhatever أردناwe wished فيكمُupon you
نقضي فنمضي ما أردنا فيكمُ
فِعلَas the action of العنيدthe obstinate man بعبدهtoward his slave المستعبَدthe enslaved
فِعلَ العنيد بعبده المستعبَد
We decree, then carry out whatever we wish upon you,
We decide and move on as we want in you
as an obstinate master treats his enslaved servant.
The act of the stubborn with his enslaved slave
Sol 6.1