قَومٌa people إِذاwhen اِعتُقِلواthey couch under their arms الرِماحthe spears كَأَنَّهاas though they were
قَومٌ إِذا اِعتُقِلوا الرِماح كَأَنَّها
الفاتalif letters خَطscript طُرسَهاtheir parchment لاfirst part of lāmāt (lam letters) ماتremainder of lāmāt (lam letters)
الفات خَط طُرسَها لا مات
A people whose spears, when they couch them, are like
Alifs of a script whose parchment is lams.
لاnot يَعرفِونthey know سِوىanything except الهباتgifts فَذكرهمso their memory
لا يَعرفِون سِوى الهبات فَذكرهم
حَيٌّalive وَلاand no نعمfavors لَهُمof theirs أَمواتdead
حَيٌّ وَلا نعم لَهُم أَموات
They know nothing but gifts, so their memory is
Alive, and none of their favors are dead.
وَبِهمand among them رَشاًa gazelle fawn إِنif رُمتُهُI seek him فَقِوامُهُthen his stature
وَبِهم رَشاً إِن رُمتُهُ فَقِوامُهُ
أَلفan alif وَرَسمand the outline قِوامِهِof his figure لاfirst part of lāmāt (lam letters) ماتremainder of lāmāt (lam letters)
أَلف وَرَسم قِوامِهِ لا مات
And among them is a gazelle fawn: if I seek him, his stature is
An alif, and his figure’s outline is lams.
Sol 6.1