إِذاwhen ماemphatic particle تَرَدّىhe donned لأمَةَarmor الحَربِwar أُرعِدَتwere made to tremble
إِذا ما تَرَدّى لأمَةَ الحَربِ أُرعِدَت
حَشاthe bowels of الأَرضِthe earth وَاِستَدمىand grew bloodied الرِماحُthe spears الشَوارِعُleveled for attack
حَشا الأَرضِ وَاِستَدمى الرِماحُ الشَوارِعُ
When he dons the armor of war, there tremble
When war's clamor rises for the nation
the earth's bowels, and the leveled spears grow bloody.
The earth quakes and spears flood the streets
وَأَسفَرَand he shone تَحتَbeneath النَقعِthe battle-dust حَتّىuntil كَأَنَّهُas though he were
وَأَسفَرَ تَحتَ النَقعِ حَتّى كَأَنَّهُ
صَباحٌa dawn مَشىwalked فيin ظُلمَةِthe darkness of اللَيلِthe night طالِعُrising
صَباحٌ مَشى في ظُلمَةِ اللَيلِ طالِعُ
And he shines beneath the battle-dust, until he seems
And under armor dawn emerges
a rising dawn walking through the darkness of night.
Like morning walking in night's darkness
وَماand there is no لِأَمريٍfor a man حاوَلتَهُyou pursued him مِنكَfrom you مَهرَبٌescape
وَما لِأَمريٍ حاوَلتَهُ مِنكَ مَهرَبٌ
وَلَوand even if رَفَعَتهُlifted him فيinto السَماءِthe sky المَطالِعthe paths of ascent
وَلَو رَفَعَتهُ في السَماءِ المَطالِع
And no man you pursue has any escape from you,
No escape for a commander you oppose
even if the paths of ascent lift him into the sky.
Though into the sky's horizon he fled
بَلىyes, on the contrary هارِبٌa fugitive لاnot يَهتَديfinds the way لِمَكانِهِto his location
بَلى هارِبٌ لا يَهتَدي لِمَكانِهِ
ظَلامٌdarkness وَلاnor ضَوءٌlight مِنَfrom الصُبحِthe dawn ساطِعُshining brightly
ظَلامٌ وَلا ضَوءٌ مِنَ الصُبحِ ساطِعُ
Yes—one fugitive whose whereabouts can be found by neither
A fugitive, lost, his place unseen
darkness nor a radiant light from the dawn.
Darkness, no daylight in the dawn exposed
وَأَثَّلَand he built up ماwhat لَمdid not يَحوِهِpossess it مُتَقَدِّمِa predecessor
وَأَثَّلَ ما لَم يَحوِهِ مُتَقَدِّمِ
وَإِنand if نالَattained مِنهُsome of it آخِرٌa later man فَهُوَthen he is تابِعُa follower
وَإِن نالَ مِنهُ آخِرٌ فَهُوَ تابِعُ
And he has built up what no predecessor had attained;
Annihilates what no earlier attained
and if a later man gains some of it, he is but a follower.
And if another reached it, he followed then
Sol 6.1