وعفرناةٍand a mighty lion ضبارمةٍhuge and fierce
وعفرناةٍ ضبارمةٍ
صبimpassioned مصبpersistently intent علىupon أحنهhis grudges
صب مصب على أحنه
And a mighty lion, huge and fierce,
With raging fury and ferocity
Passionately, stubbornly bent upon his grudges,
He pours wrath upon their necks
واردreaching الأكبادthe livers ذيpossessing لبدٍmane-tufts
وارد الأكباد ذي لبدٍ
خادرٌlair-dwelling يستنbounds فيin أرنهhis exuberance
خادرٌ يستن في أرنه
Reaching the livers, thick-maned,
Severing livers with sharp blades
A lair-dweller, bounding in his exuberance,
Lurking, waiting in his lair
هرتwide-mouthed عصلcrooked خواضمهhis crushing teeth
هرت عصل خواضمه
سهكٌrank-smelling فيin عرفهhis mane أسنهhis stench
سهكٌ في عرفه أسنه
Wide-mouthed, with crooked crushing teeth,
His claws shred their flesh
Rank-smelling, with his stench in his mane.
A lion in his den, baring fangs
تصبحbecome الآسادthe lions نابيةًaverse
تصبح الآساد نابيةً
عنfrom مغانيهhis haunts وعنand from قطنهhis abode
عن مغانيه وعن قطنه
The lions draw back
In the morning the lions prowl
From his haunts and from his abode.
Forgetting their songs and rest
أوثقتwere made strong للبطشfor striking آلتهhis weapons
أوثقت للبطش آلته
فكفتهthus spared him السعيexertion فيin مهنهhis tasks
فكفته السعي في مهنه
His weapons are made strong for striking,
He readies his weapons for slaughter
Thus sparing him toil in his tasks.
His hands busied with their work
حربwar with الأبطالchampions عادتهhis habit
حرب الأبطال عادته
واغتيالand slaying by stealth الشوسthe fierce منamong سننهhis customary ways
واغتيال الشوس من سننه
War with champions is his habit,
Heroic war is his custom
And slaying the fierce by stealth is among his ways.
Ambushing the heedless, his way
وإذاand when غطتrumbled بلاthroat-passages (split word) عمهhis (split-word ending)
وإذا غطت بلا عمه
واستحرand grew fierce الزأرthe roaring عنfrom دمنهhis lairs
واستحر الزأر عن دمنه
And when his throat-passages rumbled,
When night falls without moonlight
And roaring swelled fiercely from his lairs,
And the snarling grows loud seeking blood
غالassailed قلبthe heart المرءof a man يبعدis far away عنfrom
غال قلب المرء يبعد عن
أرضهhis land ماwhat جالrang فيin أذنهhis ear
أرضه ما جال في أذنه
A man's heart was stricken, though he was far from
A man's heart wanders far
The lion's land, by what rang in his ear.
From his land though near to his ear
مخطفslender الأعجازthe haunches جوشنهhis breast
مخطف الأعجاز جوشنه
صدقstout أوفىstood high علىupon قننهhis peaks
صدق أوفى على قننه
Slender-haunched, his breast
Vanquisher of the valiant, his armor
Is stout; he stands high upon his peaks.
True and loyal to its links
كأداةlike the equipment الحربof war هامتهhis head
كأداة الحرب هامته
وكراءٍand like a rāʾ shrub شختslender محتضنهhis flank
وكراءٍ شخت محتضنه
His head is like a weapon of war,
As a tool of war his resolve
And his flank like a slender rāʾ shrub.
And shelter, hardening its embrace
تقصفshatter المرانashwood spears شكتهhis weapons
تقصف المران شكته
ويكلand grows dull السيفthe sword عنshort of حتنهmatching him
ويكل السيف عن حتنه
His weapons splinter ashwood spears,
Shattering the spears, his power
And the sword is too dull to match him.
While the swords fail their sharpness
وإذاand when أجفانهhis eyelids ومضتflashed
وإذا أجفانه ومضت
كوميضlike the flash البرقof lightning فيin مزنهits rainclouds
كوميض البرق في مزنه
And when his eyelids flashed
When his eyelids flash
Like lightning flashing in its rainclouds,
Like lightning flickering in its cloud
لمdid not ترغturn aside عنfrom عينthe eye لامحهاof one glimpsing them
لم ترغ عن عين لامحها
دونbefore سلdrawing out الروحthe soul منfrom بدنهhis body
دون سل الروح من بدنه
They never turned from the eye that glimpsed them
The eyes that glimpsed them will not neglect
Before drawing the soul out of his body.
To drain the soul from their bodies
كلevery ذيpossessor of روحa soul يدينsubmits لهto him
كل ذي روح يدين له
ويخافand fears القربnearness منto سننهhis path
ويخاف القرب من سننه
Every living thing submits to him
All with souls are indebted to him
And fears coming near his path.
And fear approaching his ways
حينwhen تمتwas completed منهfor him مدتهhis allotted span
حين تمت منه مدته
وانقضىand ended ماwhat امتدhad stretched منof زمنهhis time
وانقضى ما امتد من زمنه
When his allotted span was complete,
When his time has passed
And the full stretch of his time had ended,
And the days of his life are done
غالهundid him خرقٌan open wilderness توسطهat its center stood
غاله خرقٌ توسطه
نشزٌa mound أوفىstood high علىupon شزنهits rugged ground
نشزٌ أوفى على شزنه
A wilderness proved his undoing; at its center
There remains of him a hole
A mound stood high upon its rugged ground.
A loyal companion to its seam
جعلتwas placed فيهin it فريستهhis prey
جعلت فيه فريسته
كجثومlike the crouching الطيرof birds فيin وكنهtheir nest
كجثوم الطير في وكنه
His prey had been placed there,
He made his prey within
Like birds crouching in their nest.
Like a bird trapped in its nest
فسرىso he traveled by night والحينwhile doom يقدمهled him
فسرى والحين يقدمه
غيرnot مطويٍّharboring علىupon ظننهhis misgivings
غير مطويٍّ على ظننه
So he traveled by night, with doom leading him,
Then he crept up and pounced
Harboring no misgiving.
Not heeding their cries
وأتىand he came يبغيseeking فريستهhis prey
وأتى يبغي فريسته
فوهىso he faltered وانهدand collapsed منfrom ركنهhis support
فوهى وانهد من ركنه
And he came seeking his prey,
He came seeking his prey
Then faltered and collapsed from his footing.
But they were wary and took heed
وغداand came at dawn القناصthe hunters فانتظمواso they pierced
وغدا القناص فانتظموا
بينbetween متنيهthe two sides of his back إلىto ذقنهhis chin
بين متنيه إلى ذقنه
And the hunters came at dawn and pierced him
The hunters gathered together
From between his flanks up to his chin,
From his chin to his waist
بسهامٍwith arrows ألحفتهenveloped him كماas
بسهامٍ ألحفته كما
تدرجyou wrap المقبورthe dead man فيin كفنهhis shroud
تدرج المقبور في كفنه
With arrows that enveloped him, as
With arrows surrounding him
You wrap the dead man in his shroud.
As a shrouded body is wrapped
فثوىso he lay والتربand the dust مسكنهhis dwelling
فثوى والترب مسكنه
نائيfar-off الأوطانlands عنfrom وطنهhis homeland
نائي الأوطان عن وطنه
So he lay still, with dust for his dwelling,
He fell, and the earth became his home
In far-off lands, away from his homeland.
Far from his lands and his home
Sol 6.1