لمّاwhen أَتيناwe came ساحَةَopen ground الحَيِّthe clan وَاِنبَرىand stepped forward
لمّا أَتينا ساحَةَ الحَيِّ وَاِنبَرى
لناto face us فَلَتانٌFalatān يمنَعُdefending الحَيَّthe clan أَزبَرُshaggy-shouldered
لنا فَلَتانٌ يمنَعُ الحَيَّ أَزبَرُ
When we reached the clan’s open ground, and there stepped forward
When we came to the square of the district and it bustled
To face us Falatān, shaggy-shouldered, defending the clan—
Two knights prevented the district's bullies
إذاwhen العُزُبُthe unmarried women الهوجاءflighty بالعِطرِwith perfume نافَحَتvied in fragrance
إذا العُزُبُ الهوجاء بالعِطرِ نافَحَت
بَدَتshe appeared شَمسَa sun دَجنٍcloudiness طَلَّةًfresh and lovely ماnot تَعطَّرُshe perfumes herself
بَدَت شَمسَ دَجنٍ طَلَّةً ما تَعطَّرُ
When the flighty unmarried women vied with perfume,
When the aromas of the valiant free wafted
She appeared like the sun on a cloudy day, fresh and lovely, wearing no perfume.
The sun of obscurity appeared, never to be scented
Sol 6.1