أَماdo ... not? تَراهاyou see it كَالجُرازِlike a sharp sword البَتّارsevering completely
أَما تَراها كَالجُرازِ البَتّار
تَحتَلِقُit shaves away القَومَthe people اِحتِلاقَlike the shaving of الأَشعارِhair
تَحتَلِقُ القَومَ اِحتِلاقَ الأَشعارِ
Do you not see it, like a keen, cleaving sword,
Don't see it like scattered embers
Shaving the people away as hair is shaved?
Consuming people like burning coals
حَيٌّa tribe عَلىon السَيرِthe march وَحَيٌّand a tribe قَدalready سارhas gone
حَيٌّ عَلى السَيرِ وَحَيٌّ قَد سار
One tribe is on the march, and another has already gone.
Alive and moving, alive and gone
Sol 6.1