عَلىupon اِبنِthe son of المُغيرَةِal-Mughira أَنto يُقتَلاbe killed
عَلى اِبنِ المُغيرَةِ أَن يُقتَلا
وَإِنand even if كانَhe was لِلبَيتِtoward the House مُستَقبَلاfacing
وَإِن كانَ لِلبَيتِ مُستَقبَلا
Ibn al-Mughira ought to be killed,
even if he faces the House.
تَرىyou see وَجهَهُhis face أَبَداًalways كالِحاًscowling
تَرى وَجهَهُ أَبَداً كالِحاً
وَعَنand against نَعَمٍ‘yes’ فَمُهُhis mouth مُقفَلاsealed shut
وَعَن نَعَمٍ فَمُهُ مُقفَلا
You always see his face scowling,
and his mouth sealed against ‘yes.’
وَماand not هَلَّلَhe proclaimed the oneness of اللَهَGod يَنجوhe is saved بِهاby it
وَما هَلَّلَ اللَهَ يَنجو بِها
وَلَكِنَّand yet مِنout of حُبِّlove for لا‘no’ هَلَّلاhe proclaimed ‘No god but God’
وَلَكِنَّ مِن حُبِّ لا هَلَّلا
He proclaimed ‘No god but God’ not to be saved by it,
but out of love for ‘no’ he proclaimed it.
Sol 6.1