لَيسَthere is no لِفَخرِfor Fakhr الدينِal-Din نِدٌّequal فيin الوَغىbattle
لَيسَ لِفَخرِ الدينِ نِدٌّ في الوَغى
إِذاwhen الحُروبُwars شَمَّرَتrolled up عَنfrom ساقِهاtheir shins
إِذا الحُروبُ شَمَّرَت عَن ساقِها
Fakhr al-Din has no equal in battle
when wars bare their shins.
تَهابُهُfear him الأُسودُthe lions فيin آجامِهاtheir thickets
تَهابُهُ الأُسودُ في آجامِها
وَحَيَّةand the serpent of الواديthe valley لَدىduring إِطراقِهاits bowing its head
وَحَيَّة الوادي لَدى إِطراقِها
Lions fear him in their thickets,
and the valley’s serpent when it bows its head.
وَيَخضبُand he dyes السُيوفَthe swords بِاصطِباحِهاwith their morning draught
وَيَخضبُ السُيوفَ بِاصطِباحِها
مِنof عَلَقِclots of النجيعfresh blood وَاِغتِباقِهاand their evening draught
مِن عَلَقِ النجيع وَاِغتِباقِها
And he dyes the swords with their morning draught
of clotted blood, and with their evening draught.
كَأَنَّماas though أَعداؤُهُhis enemies أَحِبَّةٌloved ones
كَأَنَّما أَعداؤُهُ أَحِبَّةٌ
يَشتاقُhe longs فيin الحَربِbattle إِلىfor اعتِناقِهاtheir embrace
يَشتاقُ في الحَربِ إِلى اعتِناقِها
As though his enemies were loved ones
whose embrace he longs for in battle.
وَالخَيلُand the horses لاnot تَقتَحِمُplunge into المَوتَdeath إِذاwhen
وَالخَيلُ لا تَقتَحِمُ المَوتَ إِذا
دارَتturns رَحىthe millstone of الحَربِwar سِوىexcept عتاقِهاtheir thoroughbreds
دارَت رَحى الحَربِ سِوى عتاقِها
And no horses plunge into death when
war’s millstone turns, save the thoroughbreds among them.
سَحَّتpoured down بِجَدواهُwith his bounty سَحابُthe cloud of كَفِّهِhis palm
سَحَّت بِجَدواهُ سَحابُ كَفِّهِ
فَخافَتِso they feared العُفاةُthe suppliants مِنof إِغراقِهاits drowning them
فَخافَتِ العُفاةُ مِن إِغراقِها
The cloud of his palm poured down his bounty,
so the suppliants feared it would drown them.
عَلَيهِupon him مِنof حُسنِfine الثَناءِpraise حُلَّةٌa robe
عَلَيهِ مِن حُسنِ الثَناءِ حُلَّةٌ
قَشيبَةٌfresh and new لَمdid not يَخشَfear مِنof إِخلاقِهاits wearing out
قَشيبَةٌ لَم يَخشَ مِن إِخلاقِها
Upon him is a robe of fine praise,
fresh and new, whose wearing out he does not fear.
أَمضىkeenest حُسامٍsword عقدتهfastened it الدولَةthe state النthe (word fragment)
أَمضى حُسامٍ عقدته الدولَة الن
نورِيَّةُNurid الغَرّاءُradiant فيin نِطاقِهاits girdle
نورِيَّةُ الغَرّاءُ في نِطاقِها
The keenest sword the state has buckled—
the radiant Nurid state—within its girdle.
أَرسَلَsent forth نورُNur الدينِal-Din مِنهُfrom him شُهُباًmeteors
أَرسَلَ نورُ الدينِ مِنهُ شُهُباً
عَلىupon العِداthe foes لَمdid not يَثنِcurb مِنfrom إِحراقِهاtheir burning
عَلى العِدا لَم يَثنِ مِن إِحراقِها
Nur al-Din sent forth from him meteors
upon the foes, not curbing their burning.
Sol 6.1