كَمhow many بادَperished فيamid حَدَثانِupheavals لِلدَهرِof time مِنof مَلَإٍa company of nobles
كَم بادَ في حَدَثانِ لِلدَهرِ مِن مَلَإٍ
وَسادَand held sway فيamid دُوَلِchanging fortunes الأَيّامِthe days مِنof قُزُمِdwarfs
وَسادَ في دُوَلِ الأَيّامِ مِن قُزُمِ
How many nobles have perished amid time’s upheavals,
and how many dwarfs have held sway through the days’ changing fortunes.
وَالسَعدُand good fortune فَوقَabove سُروجِsaddles الخَيلِhorses يُمسِكُهاholds them fast
وَالسَعدُ فَوقَ سُروجِ الخَيلِ يُمسِكُها
لِأَهلِهاfor their owners وَهيَwhile they لَمnot تُشدَدwere fastened إِلىto الحُزُمِthe girths
لِأَهلِها وَهيَ لَم تُشدَد إِلى الحُزُمِ
And good fortune, above the horses’ saddles, holds them fast
for their owners, though they have not been fastened to the girths.
وَاللَيثُand the lion إِنif وَلَجَenters الحِرمانُdeprivation مِنهُof his فَماa mouth
وَاللَيثُ إِن وَلَجَ الحِرمانُ مِنهُ فَما
أَلقىdrops الفَريسَةَthe prey مِنfrom أَنيابِهِhis fangs الأَزُمِtightly gripping
أَلقى الفَريسَةَ مِن أَنيابِهِ الأَزُمِ
And the lion, if deprivation enters his mouth,
drops the prey from his tightly gripping fangs.
Sol 6.1