ينَصُفُhe cuts in half القِرْنُthe opponent فيرتَدَso he returns زَكاeven-numbered; a pair عنfrom
ينَصُفُ القِرْنُ فيرتَدَ زَكا عن
حَومةِthe thick الحرَبِof battle وقدand already جاءَhe came حَساsingly (apparently خسا, ‘odd-numbered’)
حَومةِ الحرَبِ وقد جاءَ حَسا
He halves his foe, who returns as two from
the thick of battle, having come as one.
وإنand if تَلَوْناwe recite مدحَهُhis praise فوجهُهُthen his face الthe
وإن تَلَوْنا مدحَهُ فوجهُهُ ال
بَسّامُever-smiling لاdoes not يَتْلوrecite عليناto us عَبَسا“He frowned”
بَسّامُ لا يَتْلو علينا عَبَسا
And if we recite his praise, his face,
ever smiling, does not recite “He frowned” to us.
Sol 6.1