أَينَwhere تبّاعُfollowers تُبَّعٍTubbaʿ
أَينَ تبّاعُ تُبَّعٍ
أَينَwhere فُرسانُhorsemen فارِسِPersia
أَينَ فُرسانُ فارِسِ
Where are the followers of Tubbaʿ?
Where is the home of Tubba’
Where are the followers of Tubba?
Where are the horsemen of Persia?
Where are the knights of Persia
Where are the knights of Persia?
قَدindeed (marks completed action) نَباfailed to cut كُلُّevery صارِمٍsharp sword
قَد نَبا كُلُّ صارِمٍ
وَكَباand stumbled كُلُّevery فارِسِhorseman
وَكَبا كُلُّ فارِسِ
Every sharp sword has failed to cut,
Every unsheathed sword has rusted
Every sharp sword has grown blunt,
And every horseman has stumbled.
Every knight has stumbled
And every horseman has stumbled.
Sol 6.1