غَنيناwe lived فيin الحَياةِlife ذَويpossessed of اِضطِرارٍcompulsion
غَنينا في الحَياةِ ذَوي اِضطِرارٍ
كَطَيرِlike birds السِجنِthe prison أَعوزَهاeluded them الخَلاصُescape
كَطَيرِ السِجنِ أَعوزَها الخَلاصُ
We have lived our lives under compulsion,
Like birds in prison whom escape eluded.
تُصيبُstrike القَومَthe people مِنfrom نُوَبِcalamities اللَياليthe nights
تُصيبُ القَومَ مِن نُوَبِ اللَيالي
سِهامٌarrows لاتُنَهنِهُهاdo not repel them الدِلاصُgleaming coats of mail
سِهامٌ لاتُنَهنِهُها الدِلاصُ
From the nights’ calamities, people are struck
By arrows that gleaming mail cannot repel.
فَهَلso is there فيin الأَرضِthe earth مِنany فَرَجٍrelief لِحُرٍّfor a free man
فَهَل في الأَرضِ مِن فَرَجٍ لِحُرٍّ
تُزَجّىare urged onward فيin مَطالِبِهِhis pursuits القِلاصُyoung she-camels
تُزَجّى في مَطالِبِهِ القِلاصُ
Is there, then, any relief on earth for a free man
In whose pursuits young she-camels are urged onward?
Sol 6.1