وَفيand in الحَيِّthe tribe بَيضاءُwhite العَوارِضِthe side teeth ثَوبُهاher garment
وَفي الحَيِّ بَيضاءُ العَوارِضِ ثَوبُها
إِذاwhen ماemphatic particle اِسبَكَرَّتshe grew tall and shapely لِلشَبابِin youth قَشيبُnew and fine
إِذا ما اِسبَكَرَّت لِلشَبابِ قَشيبُ
And in the tribe is a woman with white teeth; her garment,
when she grows tall in youthful bloom, is new and fine.
وَعيسٍand pale she-camels بَرَيناهاwe wore them thin كَأَنَّas though عُيونَهاtheir eyes
وَعيسٍ بَرَيناها كَأَنَّ عُيونَها
قَواريرُglass flasks فيin أَذهانِهِنَّtheir oils نُضوبُdrying up
قَواريرُ في أَذهانِهِنَّ نُضوبُ
And pale she-camels we wore thin, as though their eyes were
glass flasks with their oil running dry.
وَلَستَand you are not لِإنسِيٍّof a mortal وَلَكِنbut rather لِمَلأَكٍof an angel
وَلَستَ لِإنسِيٍّ وَلَكِن لِمَلأَكٍ
تَنَزَّلَhe descended مِنfrom جَوِّthe expanse السَماءِheaven يَصوبُhe comes down
تَنَزَّلَ مِن جَوِّ السَماءِ يَصوبُ
And you are no mortal, but an angel
who descended from heaven’s expanse, coming down.
وَأَنتَand you أَزَلتَyou removed الخُنزُوانَةَarrogance عَنهُمُfrom them
وَأَنتَ أَزَلتَ الخُنزُوانَةَ عَنهُمُ
بِضَربٍwith a blow لَهُit has فَوقَabove الشُؤونِthe skull’s sutures وَجيبُa pounding thud
بِضَربٍ لَهُ فَوقَ الشُؤونِ وَجيبُ
And you removed their arrogance
with a blow whose thud sounds above the skull’s sutures.
وَأَنتَand you الَّذيthe one who آثارُهُhis marks فيupon عَدُوِّهِhis foe
وَأَنتَ الَّذي آثارُهُ في عَدُوِّهِ
مِنَfrom البُؤسِaffliction وَالنُعمىand bounty لَهُنَّthey have نُدوبُscars
مِنَ البُؤسِ وَالنُعمى لَهُنَّ نُدوبُ
And you are he whose deeds leave marks upon his foe—
scars of affliction and of bounty.
Sol 6.1