غَنيناwe dwelt عُصوراًfor ages فيin عَوالِمَworlds جَمَّةٍmany
غَنينا عُصوراً في عَوالِمَ جَمَّةٍ
فَلَمyet did not نَلقَwe encounter إِلّاexcept عالَماًa world مُتَلاعِناcursing one another
فَلَم نَلقَ إِلّا عالَماً مُتَلاعِنا
We dwelt for ages in many worlds,
We sang for ages in crowded worlds,
yet encountered only a world of mutual cursing.
Yet we met only a cursing world.
إِذاif فاتَهُمeluded them طَعنُthrusts الرِماحِthe spears فَمَحفِلٌthen a gathering
إِذا فاتَهُم طَعنُ الرِماحِ فَمَحفِلٌ
تَرىyou see فيهِin it مَطعوناًone maligned عَلَيهِagainst him وَطاعِناand one maligning
تَرى فيهِ مَطعوناً عَلَيهِ وَطاعِنا
If spear-thrusts elude them, there is a gathering
When their spears missed their mark, their assembly
where you see one maligned and another maligning.
Showed the wounded cursing the wounder.
هَنيئاًgood fortune لِطِفلٍto a child أَزمَعَresolved السَيرَthe journey عَنهُمُaway from them
هَنيئاً لِطِفلٍ أَزمَعَ السَيرَ عَنهُمُ
فَوَدَّعَthen bade farewell مِنfrom قَبلِbefore التَعارُفِmutual acquaintance ظاعِناdeparting
فَوَدَّعَ مِن قَبلِ التَعارُفِ ظاعِنا
Happy the child who resolved to journey away from them,
Happy is a child who walked away from them
then bade farewell, departing before becoming acquainted.
And left that vicious world behind.
Sol 6.1