مُظَفَّرٌMuzaffar كاسمهlike his name مُظَفَّرْvictorious
مُظَفَّرٌ كاسمه مُظَفَّرْ
أخلاقُcharacter ليثٍa lion وَخَلْقُand the form جُؤْذَرْa wild-ox calf
أخلاقُ ليثٍ وَخَلْقُ جُؤْذَرْ
Muzaffar is victorious, true to his name.
Muzaffar, as his name suggests, victorious,
A lion's nature and a wild-ox calf's form.
With a lion's morals and a gentle nature,
ماnot إنemphasizing the negation رأيناwe have seen سواهُother than him بدراًa full moon
ما إن رأينا سواهُ بدراً
يطلعُrises فيin جوشنٍa coat of mail وَمِغْفَرand a mail helmet
يطلعُ في جوشنٍ وَمِغْفَر
We have seen no full moon but him
Whenever we saw other than him as a full moon,
Rising in a coat of mail and a helmet.
Rising in a bright sky and with forgiveness,
يهتزُّsways فيin سرجهhis saddle قضيبٌa slender branch
يهتزُّ في سرجه قضيبٌ
مُؤنَّثٌfeminine دَلُّهُhis coy charm مذكَّرmasculine
مُؤنَّثٌ دَلُّهُ مذكَّر
A slender branch sways in his saddle,
On his saddle shakes a feminized rod,
Feminine in his coy charm, yet masculine.
With masculine swaying that masculinizes,
إنif أَشْرَعَhe levels الرمحَthe spear قلتَyou say عمروٌʿAmr
إن أَشْرَعَ الرمحَ قلتَ عمروٌ
أمor أَصلتَhe unsheathes السيفَthe sword قلتَyou say عنترʿAntar
أم أَصلتَ السيفَ قلتَ عنتر
If he levels his spear, you say, “ʿAmr!”
If he unsheathed his spear you'd say Amro,
Or draws his sword, you say, “ʿAntar!”
Or unsheathed his sword you'd say Antar,
عجبتُI marveled منat فارسٍa horseman رآهhe saw him
عجبتُ من فارسٍ رآه
منfrom فرسخٍa parasang كيفhow لمnot يُقَطَّرbe unhorsed
من فرسخٍ كيف لم يُقَطَّر
I marveled at a horseman who saw him
I am amazed by a horseman who saw him,
From a parasang away—how was he not unhorsed?
From a league away, how did he not tear,
لمdid not تَجْلُهُunveil him الريحُthe wind قطُّever إلاّexcept that
لم تَجْلُهُ الريحُ قطُّ إلاّ
ظَلَّتْkept on عليهover him القلوبُthe hearts تُنْشَرbeing sawn asunder
ظَلَّتْ عليه القلوبُ تُنْشَر
Never did the wind unveil him but
The wind never shook him except,
Hearts kept being sawn asunder over him.
That hearts upon him flutter and tear,
يُشْهَرُis drawn منfrom مُقْلَتَيْهِhis two eyes سَيْفٌa sword
يُشْهَرُ من مُقْلَتَيْهِ سَيْفٌ
أمضىsharper منthan السَّيْفِthe sword حينwhen يُشْهَرit is drawn
أمضى من السَّيْفِ حين يُشْهَر
From his two eyes a sword is drawn,
From his eyelashes he unsheathes a sword,
Sharper than the sword when it is drawn.
Sharper than an unsheathed sword when it is bared,
فهوso he إلىuntil أنthat يَسُلَّhe draws سيفاًa sword
فهو إلى أن يَسُلَّ سيفاً
قدalready قتلتْkilled مقلتاهُhis two eyes عَسْكَرan army
قد قتلتْ مقلتاهُ عَسْكَر
So, by the time he draws a sword,
For when he unsheathes a sword,
His two eyes have already slain an army.
His eyelashes have killed an army prepared.
Sol 6.1