سَأَطَّلبI shall seek العلاءeminence بِكُلِّwith every لَيثٍlion
سَأَطَّلب العلاء بِكُلِّ لَيثٍ
لَهُhe has رأسa head بِذِكرِwith remembrance of اللَهِGod وَحدَهُHim alone
لَهُ رأس بِذِكرِ اللَهِ وَحدَهُ
I shall seek eminence with every lion,
I seek the sublime with every fearless lion
Whose head bears the remembrance of God alone.
With a head remembering God alone
لَهُhe has مِنfrom ماwhat تَصوغُforges الهندIndia نابa fang
لَهُ مِن ما تَصوغُ الهند ناب
وَمنand from ماwhat حاكَهُhe wove it داودDavid لبدهhis mane
وَمن ما حاكَهُ داود لبده
He has a fang of what India forges,
With teeth that outshine India's creations
And his mane is of what David wove.
And claws that rival David's elegance
يَردُّhe brings back الرُمحَthe spear أَزرَقblue فيamid إِحمِرارٍredness
يَردُّ الرُمحَ أَزرَق في إِحمِرارٍ
كَمُقلَةٍlike an eye أَزرَقٍof a blue-eyed man كُحلتwas lined with kohl برقدهwith red dye
كَمُقلَةٍ أَزرَقٍ كُحلت برقده
He brings the spear back, blue amid redness,
Thrusting a blue spear amid blood red
Like a blue-eyed man's eye lined with red dye.
Like kohl-lined blue eyes gazing ahead
Sol 6.1