أَلَمdid ... not? تَرَyou see قَوميmy people إِذwhen دَعاهُمhe called them أَخوهُمُtheir brother
أَلَم تَرَ قَومي إِذ دَعاهُم أَخوهُمُ
أَجابواthey answered وَإِنand if يَغضَبhe grows angry عَلىwith القَومِthe people يَغضَبواthey grow angry
أَجابوا وَإِن يَغضَب عَلى القَومِ يَغضَبوا
Have you not seen my people, when their brother called them?
Did you not see my people when their brother summoned them?
They answered; and if he grows angry with the people, they grow angry too.
They answered, and if he turns his wrath upon a tribe, they share his wrath.
هُمُthey حَفَظواthey guarded غَيبيmy honor in my absence كَماjust as كُنتُI was حافِظاًguarding
هُمُ حَفَظوا غَيبي كَما كُنتُ حافِظاً
لِقَومِيَfor my people أُخرىanother occasion مِثلَهاlike it إِذwhen تَغَيَّبواthey were absent
لِقَومِيَ أُخرى مِثلَها إِذ تَغَيَّبوا
They guarded my honor in my absence, just as I had guarded
They guarded my honor in my absence, just as I was a guardian
my people's on another such occasion, when they were away.
Of the same for my people whenever they were away.
بَنوsons الحَربِof war لَمdid not تَقعُدhold back بِهِمthem أُمَهاتُهُمtheir mothers
بَنو الحَربِ لَم تَقعُد بِهِم أُمَهاتُهُم
وَآباؤُهُمand their fathers آباءُfathers صِدقٍtrue worth فَأَنجَبواso they begot noble offspring
وَآباؤُهُم آباءُ صِدقٍ فَأَنجَبوا
Sons of war—their mothers did not bring them low;
Sons of war—their mothers did not hold them back,
and their fathers were fathers of true worth, and so begot noble offspring.
And their fathers were fathers of truth who sired noble sons.
Sol 6.1