فلّماso when هبطناwe descended بطنَthe valley floor of رَنينَةَRaninah بالقَناwith spears
فلّما هبطنا بطنَ رَنينَةَ بالقَنا
أَرَنَّresounded سحابٌa cloud رَعدُهُits thunder مُتجاوبُechoing back and forth
أَرَنَّ سحابٌ رَعدُهُ مُتجاوبُ
So when we descended to the valley floor of Raninah with spears,
A cloud roared, its thunder echoing back and forth.
وسُلَّتand were drawn سيوفُswords of الهندIndia منّاby us كَأَنَّهاas though they were
وسُلَّت سيوفُ الهند منّا كَأَنَّها
مَخاريقُtwisted cloth play-whips نالتهاgrasped them أَكُفٌّhands لَواعبُplayful
مَخاريقُ نالتها أَكُفٌّ لَواعبُ
And Indian swords were drawn by us, as though they were
Twisted cloth whips grasped by playful hands.
بهاwith them نتشافىwe assuage الغِلَّrancor فيin ذاتrelations بينناbetween us
بها نتشافى الغِلَّ في ذات بيننا
وتزهوand gleam proudly بأيديناin our hands سيوفٌswords قَواضبُkeen-cutting
وتزهو بأيدينا سيوفٌ قَواضبُ
With them we assuage the rancor between us,
And keen-cutting swords gleam proudly in our hands.
مُشَهَّرَةٌbrandished أَلوانُهاtheir colors حِميَرِيّةٌHimyarite
مُشَهَّرَةٌ أَلوانُها حِميَرِيّةٌ
تراناyou see us بهاwith them نسعىwe rush إذاwhen ماemphatic particle نُضاربُwe trade blows
ترانا بها نسعى إذا ما نُضاربُ
Brandished, their colors are Himyarite;
You see us rush with them when we trade blows.
ومنزلةand a campsite فيهاin it العَواليthe tall spears كأنَّهاas though they were
ومنزلة فيها العَوالي كأنَّها
هَشيمُdry fragments of شِجارٍtrees كَسَّرَتهاbroke them الحواطِبُwomen gathering firewood
هَشيمُ شِجارٍ كَسَّرَتها الحواطِبُ
And a campsite where the tall spears seem like
The dry fragments of trees broken up by women gathering firewood.
Sol 6.1