ليI have سيِّدٌa lord مَلِكٌa king غَداhas become
لي سيِّدٌ مَلِكٌ غَدا
فيin بردَتَيْthe two mantles of مَلِكٍa king وَهُوبِbountiful
في بردَتَيْ مَلِكٍ وَهُوبِ
I have a lord, a king, who is now
I have a lord, a king, tomorrow
clad in the two mantles of a bountiful king,
In the garments of a generous king
لاnot بالجهولِignorant (emphatic) ولاand not المَلُوthe easily bored (word begins)
لا بالجهولِ ولا المَلُو
لِcompletes 'the easily bored' ولاand not القَطُوبِthe scowling ولاand not الغَضُوبِthe quick-tempered
لِ ولا القَطُوبِ ولا الغَضُوبِ
neither ignorant nor easily
Not with ignorance or wealth
bored, nor scowling, nor quick to anger.
Nor with stinginess or anger
قدindeed جادَgave generously ليto me بأَغَرَّwith a white-blazed steed أُنwas shod (word begins)
قد جادَ لي بأَغَرَّ أُن
عِلَcompletes 'was shod' بالشَّمالِwith the north wind وبالجَنوبِand with the south wind
عِلَ بالشَّمالِ وبالجَنوبِ
He has generously given me a white-blazed steed,
He has bestowed upon me the most precious gift
shod with the north wind and the south wind,
Known in the north and in the south
لاnot بالشَّمُوسِresistant to riding (emphatic) ولاand not العموthe unmanageable (word begins)
لا بالشَّمُوسِ ولا العمو
صِcompletes 'the unmanageable' ولاand not القَطوفِthe short-striding ولاand not الشبوبِthe frequently rearing
صِ ولا القَطوفِ ولا الشبوبِ
neither resistant to riding nor hard to
Neither with suns nor hopes
manage, nor short-striding, nor prone to rearing.
Nor with harvests or youth
Sol 6.1