عجباًHow strange! لمنat one who يلقىfaces الحروthe wars (first part)
عجباً لمن يلقى الحرو
بthe wars (completion) فلاyet not يُقاتلfights أوor يُناجدْlends aid
ب فلا يُقاتل أو يُناجدْ
How strange is one who faces wars
How strange is he who meets wars, yet does not fight or resist,
yet neither fights nor lends aid—
Especially one who believes that if he dies, he will return,
لاnot (part of 'especially') سِيَّماespecially (with the preceding 'not') منone who كانwas يوis certain (first part)
لا سِيَّما من كان يو
قنis certain (completion) أنهthat he إنif ماتdies عائدْwill return
قن أنه إن مات عائدْ
especially one who was certain
Fearing and dreading the lowering of flags, as snipers lie in wait for him,
that, if he died, he would return—
If he says the soul is one, then death is also one.
خوفاًout of fear وإشفاقاًand apprehension وإرand lying in wait (first part)
خوفاً وإشفاقاً وإر
صادُlying in wait (completion) الحتوفِdeaths لهfor him رَواصدْlying in wait
صادُ الحتوفِ له رَواصدْ
out of fear and apprehension, while the ambushes
of death lie in wait for him.
إنif قالhe says إنindeed النفسthe soul واone (first part)
إن قال إن النفس وا
حدةٌone (completion; feminine) فإنَّthen indeed الموتَdeath واحدْone
حدةٌ فإنَّ الموتَ واحدْ
If he says, 'The soul is one,'
then death is one.
Partial English translation: 4 of 8 Arabic lines translated.
Sol 6.1