يُقَحِّمُهُdrives him headlong ويُمسكُهand restrains him قَديراًcapable
يُقَحِّمُهُ ويُمسكُه قَديراً
شديدُfierce البأسِvalor والعِطْفُand bearing الوقورُdignified
شديدُ البأسِ والعِطْفُ الوقورُ
Masterful, he is driven onward and held back
By fierce courage and dignified bearing.
فعندَso in times of الرَّوْعِterror سَهْمٌan arrow أوor حُسامٌa keen sword
فعندَ الرَّوْعِ سَهْمٌ أو حُسامٌ
وفيand in النَّاديthe assembly شَمامٌShamam أوor ثَبيرُThabir
وفي النَّادي شَمامٌ أو ثَبيرُ
So in times of terror, he is an arrow or a keen sword;
And in the assembly, he is Shamam or Thabir.
اذاwhen انْتزحَتْgrow distant عُلاًlofty honors أدْنىbrings near مَداهاtheir reach
اذا انْتزحَتْ عُلاً أدْنى مَداها
مساعٍendeavors منهof his والنَّسَبُand the lineage الشَّهيرُrenowned
مساعٍ منه والنَّسَبُ الشَّهيرُ
When lofty honors lie far off, they are brought within reach
By his endeavors and his renowned lineage.
لهُfor him بالحمدِwith praise أُنْسٌintimacy وامتزاجٌand mingling
لهُ بالحمدِ أُنْسٌ وامتزاجٌ
وعنand from عارthe dishonor of الرجالmen بهin him نُفورُaversion
وعن عار الرجال به نُفورُ
He is intimate with praise and mingled with it,
And he recoils from the dishonor of men.
رَعيَّتهُhis subjects بحُسْنِfor the excellence of العدْلِjustice تُثْنيgive praise
رَعيَّتهُ بحُسْنِ العدْلِ تُثْني
ويشكوand complains المالُwealth منهof him ماhow يجورُhe acts unjustly
ويشكو المالُ منه ما يجورُ
His subjects praise him for his excellent justice,
While wealth complains of his injustice toward it.
معwith النُّدَماءِboon companions مُؤْتمنٌtrusted دَعوبٌplayful
مع النُّدَماءِ مُؤْتمنٌ دَعوبٌ
وفيand among العُظَماءِthe great مرهوبٌfeared أميرُa prince
وفي العُظَماءِ مرهوبٌ أميرُ
With boon companions he is trusted and playful,
And among the great, he is a feared prince.
اذاwhen ماever (emphatic) حلَّhe alights أرضاًa land ذاتَhaving جَدْبٍdrought
اذا ما حلَّ أرضاً ذاتَ جَدْبٍ
فأسوءُthen the worst of قيْظهاits summer heat نضِرٌverdant مَطيرُrainy
فأسوءُ قيْظها نضِرٌ مَطيرُ
Whenever he alights in a drought-stricken land,
Then its harshest summer is verdant and rainy.
Sol 6.1