جَزىmay reward اللَهُGod خَيراًwith good مِنas أَميرٍa commander وَبارَكَتand may bless
جَزى اللَهُ خَيراً مِن أَميرٍ وَبارَكَت
يَدُthe hand اللَهُof God فيin ذاكَthat الأَديمِthe skin المُمَزَّقِtorn
يَدُ اللَهُ في ذاكَ الأَديمِ المُمَزَّقِ
May God reward him well as a commander, and may
God’s hand bless that torn skin.
فَمَنso whoever يَسعَhastens أَوor يَركَبrides جَناحَيthe two wings of نَعامَةٍan ostrich
فَمَن يَسعَ أَو يَركَب جَناحَي نَعامَةٍ
لِيُدرِكَto catch up with ماwhat قَدَّمتَyou accomplished بِالأَمسِyesterday يُسبَقِwill be outstripped
لِيُدرِكَ ما قَدَّمتَ بِالأَمسِ يُسبَقِ
Whoever hastens or rides an ostrich’s two wings
to catch up with what you accomplished yesterday will be outstripped.
قَضَيتَyou settled أُموراًaffairs ثُمَّthen غادَرتَyou left بَعدَهاafter them
قَضَيتَ أُموراً ثُمَّ غادَرتَ بَعدَها
بَوائِجَcalamities فيin أَكمامِهاtheir sheaths لَمnot تُفَتَّقِbe split open
بَوائِجَ في أَكمامِها لَم تُفَتَّقِ
You settled affairs, then left in their wake
calamities in their sheaths, not yet split open.
أَبَعدَis it after قَتيلٍa slain man بِالمَدينَةِin Medina أَظلَمَتgrew dark
أَبَعدَ قَتيلٍ بِالمَدينَةِ أَظلَمَت
لَهُfor him الأَرضُthe earth تَهتَزُّsway العِضاهُthe thorn-trees بِأَسؤُقِon trunks
لَهُ الأَرضُ تَهتَزُّ العِضاهُ بِأَسؤُقِ
After a man was slain in Medina and darkness fell
upon the earth for him, do the thorn-trees sway on their trunks?
تَظَلُّkeeps on الحَصانُthe chaste woman البِكرُthe virgin يُلقيcasts out جَنينَهاher unborn child
تَظَلُّ الحَصانُ البِكرُ يُلقي جَنينَها
نَثاa report خَبَرٍnews فَوقَabove المَطِيِّthe riding-camels مُعَلَّقِhanging
نَثا خَبَرٍ فَوقَ المَطِيِّ مُعَلَّقِ
The chaste virgin keeps miscarrying her unborn child,
at a report of news hanging above the riding-camels.
وَماand not كُنتُI was أَخشىfearing أَنthat تَكونَwould be وَفاتُهُhis death
وَما كُنتُ أَخشى أَن تَكونَ وَفاتُهُ
بِكَفَّيat the two hands of سَبَنتىa fierce leopard أَزرَقِblue العَينِof eye مُطرِقِwith head lowered
بِكَفَّي سَبَنتى أَزرَقِ العَينِ مُطرِقِ
And I never feared that his death would come
at the hands of a fierce leopard, blue-eyed, with head lowered.
Sol 6.1