عَزْمَةٌa firm resolve صَحَّproved true فَأْلُهاits omen بِالنَّجاحِwith success
عَزْمَةٌ صَحَّ فَأْلُها بِالنَّجاحِ
بَيْنَamong ذِيone possessing مِخْلَبٍa claw وَذَاتِand one possessing جَنَاحِa wing
بَيْنَ ذِي مِخْلَبٍ وَذَاتِ جَنَاحِ
A resolve whose omen proved true in success,
A firm resolve to which success clings
among creatures with claws and creatures with wings:
Between claw and wing it springs
مِنincluding فُهُودٍcheetahs وَمِنand including صُقُورٍfalcons حَدَاهَاurged them onward
مِن فُهُودٍ وَمِن صُقُورٍ حَدَاهَا
يَمَّهَاtheir goal فيin غُدُوِّهاtheir morning departure وَالرَّوَاحِand the evening return
يَمَّهَا في غُدُوِّها وَالرَّوَاحِ
cheetahs and falcons, urged onward
From cheetahs and from falcons freed
by their goal in their morning departure and evening return.
It charged headlong, nothing heeding
أَرْسَلَتْهاsent them forth سَعَادَةُthe good fortune المَلِكِof the king الصَّاal-Salih (first part)
أَرْسَلَتْها سَعَادَةُ المَلِكِ الصَّا
لحِal-Salih (remaining part) فاسْتَقْبَلَتْso they faced وُجُوهَthe prospects الصَّلاحِof prosperity
لحِ فاسْتَقْبَلَتْ وُجُوهَ الصَّلاحِ
The good fortune of King al-Salih sent them forth,
The happy king sent it ahead
and they faced the prospects of prosperity.
And it met with righteousness instead
مَلِكٌa king ضَرَّجَstained crimson الثَّرىthe earth مِنwith دِمَاءٍblood
مَلِكٌ ضَرَّجَ الثَّرى مِن دِمَاءٍ
خلتyou thought زنكهاtheir hue (reading uncertain) خدودcheeks المِلاحِof the beauties
خلت زنكها خدود المِلاحِ
A king who stained the earth crimson with blood,
A king who stained the earth with red
whose hue [uncertain reading] you would take for the cheeks of beauties.
Of blood till cheeks with shame were lead
كُلُّevery يَومٍday مِنof صَيْدِهِhis hunting عِيدُa feast نَحْرsacrificial slaughter
كُلُّ يَومٍ مِن صَيْدِهِ عِيدُ نَحْر
فيamong وُحُوشwild beasts وَفيand among عِدًىfoes كالأَضَاحِيlike sacrificial victims
في وُحُوش وَفي عِدًى كالأَضَاحِي
Every day of his hunting is a Feast of Sacrifice,
Each day for him a feast of prey
among wild beasts and foes like sacrificial victims.
On beasts or rogues who disobey
عَوَّدَhe accustomed الخَيلَthe horses يَومَa day صَيْدٍhunting تَصَداhe pursued (continued)
عَوَّدَ الخَيلَ يَومَ صَيْدٍ تَصَدا
هُit (completing the preceding verb) وَيَوْماًand a day تَكنِيهِyou call it أَمْرَthe business الكِفَاحِof combat
هُ وَيَوْماً تَكنِيهِ أَمْرَ الكِفَاحِ
He schooled the horses—one day in a hunt he pursued,
He trained his steed for hunting day
and another day in what you call the business of combat.
And discipline for battle's fray
ضُمَّرٌlean steeds دُونَbeneath سَوْطِهاtheir whip يَلْهَبُblazes البَرْthe lightning (first part)
ضُمَّرٌ دُونَ سَوْطِها يَلْهَبُ البَرْ
قُlightning (remaining part) وَتَشْكُوand complain الكَلالَexhaustion هُوْجُraging الرِّيَاحِthe winds
قُ وَتَشْكُو الكَلالَ هُوْجُ الرِّيَاحِ
Lean steeds: lightning blazes beneath their whip,
Afire, his whip makes lightning play
and the raging winds complain of exhaustion.
As the tired horses pant and bray
فَهْيَso they are قَيْدُa fetter الظِّباءِthe gazelles فيin كُلِّevery قَفْرٍwilderness
فَهْيَ قَيْدُ الظِّباءِ في كُلِّ قَفْرٍ
لَمْdid not تَفُتْهاescape them مِثلَlike القَضَاءِfate المُتَاحِallotted
لَمْ تَفُتْها مِثلَ القَضَاءِ المُتَاحِ
So they fetter the gazelles in every wilderness;
Capturing gazelles where they stray
none have escaped them, as none escapes allotted fate.
Nothing escapes, no beast can stay
وَضَوَارٍand beasts of prey تَوَدُّlong أَنفسَهاtheir souls مِنfrom
وَضَوَارٍ تَوَدُّ أَنفسَها مِن
جِدَّةٍfresh vigor لَوْif only نَزَتْthey sprang علَىupon الأََشْبَاحِbodily forms
جِدَّةٍ لَوْ نَزَتْ علَى الأََشْبَاحِ
And beasts of prey whose very souls long,
Hyenas wishing they could fly
in their vigor, to spring upon bodily forms.
From dreadful doom, escape deny
مَاnot رَأَتْهاsaw them الوُحُوشُthe wild beasts إلاexcept وَقَالَتْand said
مَا رَأَتْها الوُحُوشُ إلا وَقَالَتْ
لاdo not تَحِيدِيyou turn aside فَمَاfor there is no لَناfor us مِنany بَرَاحِescape
لا تَحِيدِي فَمَا لَنا مِن بَرَاحِ
The wild beasts never saw them without saying:
Seeing it come, beasts only cry
"Do not turn aside, for we have no escape."
Spare us, no rest for us to lie
مِنfrom مَهَاةٍan oryx ومِنand from فَرًىa wild ass وَغَزَالٍand a gazelle
مِن مَهَاةٍ ومِن فَرًى وَغَزَالٍ
طَالlasted long مِنهاfrom them نَواحُهاtheir wailing فيin النَّواحِيthe regions
طَال مِنها نَواحُها في النَّواحِي
From oryx, from wild ass and gazelle,
With musk deer, rabbits, deer to die
their wailing lingered long throughout the regions.
Their wails echo from mountain high
مَغْنَمٌspoils قَدindeed أَحَلَّهُmade it lawful اللُّهُGod واللَّand God (first part)
مَغْنَمٌ قَد أَحَلَّهُ اللُّهُ واللَّ
هُGod (remaining part) تَعَالَىexalted is He مِنwhat a رَازِقٍprovider فَتَّاحِopener
هُ تَعَالَى مِن رَازِقٍ فَتَّاحِ
Spoils God has indeed made lawful; and God—
Spoils that Allah granted from on high
exalted is He—what a Provider and Opener!
From a generous hand that satisfy
Sol 6.1