وَخلجةِand a sudden stir ظَنٍّof thought يَسبِقoutstrips الطَرفَthe glance حَزمُهاits resolve
وَخلجةِ ظَنٍّ يَسبِق الطَرفَ حَزمُها
تُشيفlooks toward عَلىupon غُنمgain وَتُمكِنand makes possible مِنof ذَحلِvengeance
تُشيف عَلى غُنم وَتُمكِن مِن ذَحلِ
And a sudden thought whose resolve outruns the glance,
that looks toward gain and makes vengeance possible—
صَدعتُI proclaimed بِهاwith it وَالقَومُwhile the people فَوضىin disorder كَأَنَّهُمas though they
صَدعتُ بِها وَالقَومُ فَوضى كَأَنَّهُم
بِكارةُyoung she-camels مِرباعof a spring pasture تُبَصبِصُwag their tails لِلفَحلِfor the stallion
بِكارةُ مِرباع تُبَصبِصُ لِلفَحلِ
I proclaimed it while the people were in disarray, as though they were
young she-camels of a spring pasture, wagging their tails for the stallion.
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