قَدmay; sometimes يَرفَعُraises; uses the nominative الأَقوامُpeople إِنif سُئِلواthey are asked
قَد يَرفَعُ الأَقوامُ إِن سُئِلوا
هَلdo? (question particle) تَخفِضونَyou lower; use the genitive وَقَولُهُمand their saying رُبَماperhaps; sometimes
هَل تَخفِضونَ وَقَولُهُم رُبَما
People may use the nominative when asked,
The people may raise their voices if asked,
“Do you use the genitive?”—their answer being “Perhaps.”
"Do you lower them?" And their reply may be,
يُسقَونَthey are given drink فيin القَيظِthe summer heat الحَميمَboiling water وَفيand in
يُسقَونَ في القَيظِ الحَميمَ وَفي
حينِthe time of الصَنابِرِbitter cold spells بارِداًcold شَبِماicy cold
حينِ الصَنابِرِ بارِداً شَبِما
They are given boiling water to drink in summer’s heat, and in
"We are made to drink boiling hot in the heat,
the season of bitter cold, water cold and icy—
And ice-cold when the jars are cooling."
الناصِبينَthose setting upright لِماءِfor water شُربِهُمُtheir drinking
الناصِبينَ لِماءِ شُربِهُمُ
قاماتِهِمtheir bodies وَالناصِبينَand those assigning the accusative بِماwith mā, the negative particle
قاماتِهِم وَالناصِبينَ بِما
those who straighten, for their drinking water,
Those who draw water for their drinking
their bodies, and those who govern the accusative with mā.
Stand erect, and those who draw with what
Sol 6.1