أَمَاindeed وأبيكَby your father لاnot أنساهُI forget him تُدميmake bleed
أَمَا وأبيكَ لا أنساهُ تُدمي
مضاربُcutting edges سيفِهof his sword البطلَthe hero الكَمِيَّاarmor-clad
مضاربُ سيفِه البطلَ الكَمِيَّا
Indeed, by your father, I shall not forget him, as blood is drawn
By your father I shall not forget him who sheds blood
by his sword's cutting edges from the armored hero,
The strikes of his sword make the brave man bend
وبَرقاًand a lightning-flash فيin أنامِلهhis fingertips إذاwhen ماever (emphatic)
وبَرقاً في أنامِله إذا ما
تَأَلَّقَit gleamed فتَّحَit opened الوَردَthe roses الجَنِيَّاfreshly picked
تَأَلَّقَ فتَّحَ الوَردَ الجَنِيَّا
nor a lightning-flash in his fingers, which, whenever
And lightning in his fingers when he
it gleamed, opened the freshly picked roses.
Flashes and opens the rosy cheeked rose
إذاif ظَمِئَتgrew thirsty فِراخُthe chicks أبيكَof your father يَوماًone day
إذا ظَمِئَت فِراخُ أبيكَ يَوماً
سقَاهاhe gave them drink منfrom رِقابِthe necks القَومof the people رَيَّاto their fill
سقَاها من رِقابِ القَوم رَيَّا
If one day your father's chicks grew thirsty,
If your father's chicks thirst one day
he quenched their thirst with drink from the people's necks.
He will give them to drink from the necks of the people fresh water
وإنand if جَرَحَhe wounded الأخادعَthe neck veins مُطْمَئِناًcalmly
وإن جَرَحَ الأخادعَ مُطْمَئِناً
كساhe clothed الأوداجَthe jugular veins دِيباجاًsilk brocade بَهِيّاsplendid
كسا الأوداجَ دِيباجاً بَهِيّا
And if he calmly wounded the neck veins,
And if the sly one wounds him while he feels safe
he clothed the jugular veins in splendid silk brocade.
He will clothe the chests in fine brocade
ولمand did not أرَI see مثلَهhis like يُدْعىis called عَقُوقاًundutiful to parents
ولم أرَ مثلَه يُدْعى عَقُوقاً
فيدعوهyet they call him الوَرىthe people بَرّاًdutiful حَفِيّاcaring
فيدعوه الوَرى بَرّاً حَفِيّا
And I have never seen his like—called undutiful,
And I have not seen the like of him called ungrateful
yet people call him dutiful and caring.
So the people call him righteous and hospitable
Sol 6.1