حازَhas acquired الأَميرُthe prince عَنto the exclusion of البرِيَّةِhumankind مُنصُلاًa sword
حازَ الأَميرُ عَن البرِيَّةِ مُنصُلاً
ماnot حازَهُhas acquired it أَحَدٌanyone مِنَamong الأُمَراءِthe princes
ما حازَهُ أَحَدٌ مِنَ الأُمَراءِ
The prince alone among humankind has acquired a sword
The prince has obtained from the wilderness a spear
That no other prince has acquired.
That no other prince has obtained
جاريflowing الفِرِندِthe blade's watered pattern كأَنَّهُas though it were فيin لمعِهِits gleam
جاري الفِرِندِ كأَنَّهُ في لمعِهِ
آلٌa mirage زَهَتهُadorned it وَقدَةُthe blazing heat المَعزاءِstony ground
آلٌ زَهَتهُ وَقدَةُ المَعزاءِ
Its watered pattern flows; in its gleam it is like
With a blade that gleams as if it were
A mirage adorned by the blazing heat of stony ground.
The family of lightning in the camphor wood
وَكأنَّand as though رَونقَهُits luster حِداقُpupils جَنادِبٍgrasshoppers
وَكأنَّ رَونقَهُ حِداقُ جَنادِبٍ
يَلمعنَthey gleam فيin مَسجورَةِblazing الرَمضاءِsun-scorched ground
يَلمعنَ في مَسجورَةِ الرَمضاءِ
And its luster is like the pupils of grasshoppers,
And its elegance is like the eyelids of wild geese
Gleaming amid the blaze of sun-scorched ground.
Gleaming in the cooked pot of al-Ramtha
يُنضىit is unsheathed فيتَّقِدُso it blazes اتِّقادَthe blazing النارِfire تُذyou kindle it (first fragment)
يُنضى فيتَّقِدُ اتِّقادَ النارِ تُذ
كيهاyou kindle it (remaining fragment) وَيطَّرِدُand it flows continuously اطِّرادَcontinuous flow الماءِwater
كيها وَيطَّرِدُ اطِّرادَ الماءِ
Unsheathed, it blazes like a fire you
It is sharpened then ignited with the ignition of fire when it is heated
Kindle, and flows as water flows,
And it chases away like the flow of water
مُتَلَوِّناًshifting in hue كالحينِlike death يَطلُبُit seeks باغِياًan aggressor
مُتَلَوِّناً كالحينِ يَطلُبُ باغِياً
وَمُصَمِّماًand striking decisively كالحيَّةِlike the serpent الصَمّاءِdeaf
وَمُصَمِّماً كالحيَّةِ الصَمّاءِ
Shifting in hue like death, seeking an aggressor,
Changing colors like an Indian sword seeking to smite
And striking decisively, like the deaf serpent.
And determined like a deaf viper
Sol 6.1