ولاand no عَيبَfault فيin اليَحمومِal-Yahmum غَيرُexcept هُزالِهِhis leanness
ولا عَيبَ في اليَحمومِ غَيرُ هُزالِهِ
عَلَىdespite أَنَّهُthe fact that he يَومَthe day of الهِياجِbattle سَمينُfat
عَلَى أَنَّهُ يَومَ الهِياجِ سَمينُ
There is no flaw in al-Yaḥmūm, the black steed, save his leanness;
And al-Yahmum has no fault except his leanness,
though on the day of battle he is stout.
though on the day of battle he is stout.
وكَمand many a مِنof عظيمِlarge الخَلقِphysical build عبلٍburly مُوثَّقِsturdily built
وكَم مِن عظيمِ الخَلقِ عبلٍ مُوثَّقِ
حواهُhe bore him وفيهِand in him بَعدَafter ذاكthat جُنونُfrenzy
حواهُ وفيهِ بَعدَ ذاك جُنونُ
How many a mighty-framed, burly, firmly knit man
And many a huge-framed, burly, sturdily built man
has he borne—and beyond all that, there is frenzy in him.
he has borne, yet even afterward frenzy remains in him.
Sol 6.1