إِنّيindeed I أَظُنُّthink نِزاراًNizar سَوفَwill يَجمَعُهاunite it
إِنّي أَظُنُّ نِزاراً سَوفَ يَجمَعُها
بَعدَafter التَفَرُّقِthe division حَربٌa war شَبَّهاkindled it زُفَرُZufar
بَعدَ التَفَرُّقِ حَربٌ شَبَّها زُفَرُ
Indeed, I think Nizar will be reunited
I think that Nizar will someday gather them,
after division, by a war that Zufar kindled.
After separation, a war resembling their sighs.
صَلتُbroad الجَبينِthe brow رَشيدُsound الأَمرِin judgment تَعرِفُهُyou recognize him
صَلتُ الجَبينِ رَشيدُ الأَمرِ تَعرِفُهُ
إِذاwhen تَكَشَّفَclears away عَنfrom عِرنينِهِthe bridge of his nose القَتَرُthe dark dust
إِذا تَكَشَّفَ عَن عِرنينِهِ القَتَرُ
Broad-browed, sound in judgment—you recognize him
The determined leader knows the prayer of the forehead,
when the dark dust clears from the bridge of his nose.
When the bitterness of his soul is uncovered.
سارىmarched by night بِهِمwith them أَرضَهُمtheir land لَيلاًat night فَصَبَّحَهُمthen struck them at dawn
سارى بِهِم أَرضَهُم لَيلاً فَصَبَّحَهُم
بِوَقعَةٍwith a battle لَمnot يُقَدَّمbe sent ahead قَبلَهاbefore it النُذُرُthe warnings
بِوَقعَةٍ لَم يُقَدَّم قَبلَها النُذُرُ
He marched his men through their land by night, then struck them at dawn
He took them through their land at night and woke them up
with a battle preceded by no warnings.
With an unprecedented battle, no warnings preceded it.
فَهُمso they عَلىin آلَةٍa plight قَدalready بَيَّنَتmade clear لَهُمُto them
فَهُم عَلى آلَةٍ قَد بَيَّنَت لَهُمُ
أَمراًa matter عَلانِيَةًopenly غَيرَother than الَّذيwhat اِئتَمَرواthey planned together
أَمراً عَلانِيَةً غَيرَ الَّذي اِئتَمَروا
So they are in a plight that has made clear to them
So they were taken by surprise, it made clear to them
openly, a reality unlike what they had planned,
A public matter, not what they had conspired.
حَتّىuntil رَأَوهُthey saw him صَباحاًat dawn فيin مُلَملَمَةٍa closely massed host
حَتّى رَأَوهُ صَباحاً في مُلَملَمَةٍ
شَهباءَgray-white يَبرَقُis dazzled فيat حافاتِهاits edges البَصَرُthe eye
شَهباءَ يَبرَقُ في حافاتِها البَصَرُ
until they saw him at dawn amid a closely massed host,
Until they saw it in the morning, in a fiery
gray-white, at whose edges the eye is dazzled,
Dust storm, its edges flashing before the eyes.
فيin عارِضٍa cloudlike host مِنof كِلابٍKilab يُبرِقونَthey flash their weapons إِذاwhen
في عارِضٍ مِن كِلابٍ يُبرِقونَ إِذا
نالَreached الأَعادِيَthe enemies مِنهُمfrom among them فَيلَقٌa mighty host هَبَرواthey hewed
نالَ الأَعادِيَ مِنهُم فَيلَقٌ هَبَروا
amid a cloudlike host of Kilab, flashing their weapons; when
Among packs of dogs who shine when
a mighty host of theirs reaches the enemies, they hew them down.
The enemies get some of them, and they bark and flee.
سَعىstrove بِأَوتارِfor blood vengeance أَقوامٍof peoples فَأَدرَكَهاand so achieved it
سَعى بِأَوتارِ أَقوامٍ فَأَدرَكَها
لَولاbut for أَياديهِhis favors ماnot اِمتَنّواthey claimed credit for favors وَلاnor اِنتَصَرواthey triumphed
لَولا أَياديهِ ما اِمتَنّوا وَلا اِنتَصَروا
He sought vengeance for peoples and achieved it;
He strove with the strings of the people and reached them.
but for his favors, they could neither have claimed credit nor triumphed.
Had it not been for his hands, they would not have endured or been victorious.
Sol 6.1