يُقَيِّضُordains لِلمَكتوبِfor the doomed one ماwhat جَرَّbrought about حَتفُهُits death
يُقَيِّضُ لِلمَكتوبِ ما جَرَّ حَتفُهُ
فَجازَso it passed بِناby us فيin الغَيضِthe thicket شَرَّthe worst مَجازِpassage
فَجازَ بِنا في الغَيضِ شَرَّ مَجازِ
For the doomed is ordained what brings its death;
so it passed us in the thicket—the worst of crossings.
بَعَثناwe sent إِلَيهِtoward it مِنسَرَthe beak البازِof the hawk فَاِنثَنىthen it turned back
بَعَثنا إِلَيهِ مِنسَرَ البازِ فَاِنثَنى
إِلَيناto us بَظَهرٍwith a back مِثلَlike جُؤجُؤِthe breast بازِof a hawk
إِلَينا بَظَهرٍ مِثلَ جُؤجُؤِ بازِ
We sent the hawk's beak against it, and it turned back
to us with a back like a hawk's breast.
فَأَطفَأَthen it extinguished نيرانَthe fires الطُهاةِof the cooks كَأَنَّهاas though they were
فَأَطفَأَ نيرانَ الطُهاةِ كَأَنَّها
سَحابٌa cloud يَسُحُّpours down الوَدقَthe rain فَوقَover عِزازِhard ground
سَحابٌ يَسُحُّ الوَدقَ فَوقَ عِزازِ
Then it quenched the cooks' fires, as though they were
a cloud pouring rain over hard ground.
Sol 6.1