ألاَWill ... not? يَتَّقُونَthey fear اللهَGod أنْthat يَمْنَعُونَنَاthey deny us الْthe (continued next line)
ألاَ يَتَّقُونَ اللهَ أنْ يَمْنَعُونَنَا الْ
فُرَاتَEuphrates وَقَدْand indeed يُرْوِيgives drink to الفُرَاتُthe Euphrates الثَّعَالِبْthe foxes
فُرَاتَ وَقَدْ يُرْوِي الفُرَاتُ الثَّعَالِبْ
Will they not fear God for denying us the
Euphrates, though the Euphrates gives even foxes drink?
وَقَدْand indeed وَعَدُونَاthey promised us الأحْمَرَيْنِthe two red things فَلَمْbut did not نَجِدْwe find
وَقَدْ وَعَدُونَا الأحْمَرَيْنِ فَلَمْ نَجِدْ
لَهُمْof theirs أحْمَرَa red thing إلاَّexcept قِرَاعَthe clashing of الْكَتَائِبْthe battalions
لَهُمْ أحْمَرَ إلاَّ قِرَاعَ الْكَتَائِبْ
And they promised us the two red things, yet we found
nothing red from them except the clash of battalions.
إذاwhen خَفَقَتflutter رَايَاتُنَاour banners طَحَنَتْgrinds لَهَاfor them
إذا خَفَقَت رَايَاتُنَا طَحَنَتْ لَهَا
رَحىًa mill تَطْحَنُgrinds الأرْحَاءَthe mills وَالموتُand death طَالِبْpursuing
رَحىً تَطْحَنُ الأرْحَاءَ وَالموتُ طَالِبْ
When our banners flutter, there grinds for them
a mill that grinds down mills, while Death pursues.
فَتُعْطِيso it gives إلَهَGod of النَّاسِhumankind عَهْداًa pledge نَفِيwe fulfill بهِby it
فَتُعْطِي إلَهَ النَّاسِ عَهْداً نَفِي بهِ
لِصِهْرِto the son-in-law of رَسُولِthe Messenger of اللهِGod حتَّىuntil نُضَارِبْwe exchange blows
لِصِهْرِ رَسُولِ اللهِ حتَّى نُضَارِبْ
So it gives the God of mankind a pledge we fulfill
to the son-in-law of God's Messenger, until we exchange blows.
وَكُنَّاand we used to إذاwhenever ماemphatic particle حَيَّةٌa serpent أعْيَتِbaffled الرقَاthe incantations
وَكُنَّا إذا ما حَيَّةٌ أعْيَتِ الرقَا
وَآبَتْand it returned بِصَرٌunclear as written يَقْطُرُdrips السُّمَّvenom نَابُهَاits fang
وَآبَتْ بِصَرٌ يَقْطُرُ السُّمَّ نَابُهَا
And we, whenever a serpent defied incantations,
and returned [word unclear], its fang dripping venom,
دَسَسْنَاwe sent covertly لَهَاagainst it تَحْتَbeneath العَجَاجَthe swirling dust ابنْson of مُلْجَمِMuljam
دَسَسْنَا لَهَا تَحْتَ العَجَاجَ ابنْ مُلْجَمِ
جَرِيئاًbold إذَاwhen ماemphatic particle جَاءَcame to نَفْساًa soul كِتَابُهَاits written decree
جَرِيئاً إذَا ما جَاءَ نَفْساً كِتَابُهَا
would send Ibn Muljam against it under cover of the dust,
bold whenever a soul's written decree came upon it.
Sol 6.1