للهGod bless! كانونa brazier وقاناprotected us لفحهits scorching heat
لله كانون وقانا لفحه
نفحاتِgusts كانونَKanun, a winter month التيwhich لاnot تعذبُare pleasant
نفحاتِ كانونَ التي لا تعذبُ
God bless the brazier whose heat protected us
The hearth of God was compassion and protection for us
from Kanun’s gusts, which bring no pleasure.
The breaths of winter that do not torment
بيتناour house (context suggests: we spent the night) ونحنand we منthrough اللّظىthe blaze فيin جنةa shield
بيتنا ونحن من اللّظى في جنة
بلrather جنةٍa paradise أنفاسهاits breaths لاnot تحجبare barred
بل جنةٍ أنفاسها لا تحجب
We spent the night, shielded by the blaze,
Our home while we are in the shade of flames like heaven
nay, in a paradise whose breaths are not barred.
Rather a heaven whose breaths are not obscured
والحربand war فيin جدلٍdispute نتيجةُthe outcome حكمهاof its verdict
والحرب في جدلٍ نتيجةُ حكمها
ثلجٌsnow أقامsettled فليسso there is no فيهin it مذهبway through
ثلجٌ أقام فليس فيه مذهب
And war is locked in dispute; its verdict’s outcome
And war in its dispute, the result of its rule
is snow that has settled, leaving no way through.
Is snow that stays so there is no doctrine in it
فالسحبso the clouds راياتٌbanners ولمعُand the gleam بروقهاof their lightning
فالسحب راياتٌ ولمعُ بروقها
بيضُwhite, bright الظبيthe gazelle (context suggests: sword-edges) والأرضُand the earth طرفٌa steed أشهبgray
بيضُ الظبي والأرضُ طرفٌ أشهب
So the clouds are banners, and their lightning flashes
So the clouds are banners and the flashing of its lightning
are bright sword-edges; the earth is a gray steed.
Is the whiteness of antelope and the earth is an autumn-colored fingertip
والندُّand aromatic incense قسطلهُits dust cloud وزهرُand the blossoms شموعناof our candles
والندُّ قسطلهُ وزهرُ شموعنا
صمُّstout القناthe spears والفحمand the charcoal نبيلٌnoble (context suggests: arrows) مذهبgilded
صمُّ القنا والفحم نبيلٌ مذهب
And incense is its dust cloud, and our candles’ blossoms
And the dew is its rainfall and the blossom of our candles
are stout spears; the charcoal is gilded arrows.
Deafness of mint and ash is noble gilded
Sol 6.1