تَمَنَّتwished for مازنٌMāzin جهلاًin ignorance خِلاطيcombat with me
تَمَنَّت مازنٌ جهلاً خِلاطي
فذاقتso tasted مازنٌMāzin طَعمَthe taste الخِلاطِof combat
فذاقت مازنٌ طَعمَ الخِلاطِ
Māzin, in ignorance, wished to clash with me;
Mazin wished for ignorance blindly
so Māzin tasted the savor of combat.
So Mazin tasted the flavor of blindness
أَطَلتُI prolonged فِراطَكمyour respite عاماًa year فعاماًthen another year
أَطَلتُ فِراطَكم عاماً فعاماً
وَدَينُand the debt المَذحِجِيّof the Madhḥijite إِلىto فِراطِdeferral
وَدَينُ المَذحِجِيّ إِلى فِراطِ
I prolonged your respite year after year,
I prolonged your excess year after year
and the Madhḥijite’s debt was deferred.
While the debt of Mudhiji kept growing
أَطَلتُI prolonged فِراطَكمyour respite حَتّىuntil إِذاwhen ماemphatic particle
أَطَلتُ فِراطَكم حَتّى إِذا ما
قَتلتُI killed سَرَاتَكمyour chiefs كانتit was قَطَاطِenough
قَتلتُ سَرَاتَكم كانت قَطَاطِ
I prolonged your respite until the time when
I prolonged your excess until when
I killed your chiefs, and that was enough.
I killed your horses, they were in fragments
غَدرتمyou betrayed غَدرةًone act of treachery وَغَدرتُand I betrayed أُخرىanother
غَدرتم غَدرةً وَغَدرتُ أُخرى
فماso not إِنemphasizes the negation بينناbetween us أبداًever يَعَاطِa warning cry: “Beware!”
فما إِن بيننا أبداً يَعَاطِ
You committed one betrayal, and I another;
You betrayed once and I betrayed another
so never is a cry of “Beware!” heard between us.
So there is no more dealing between us
بطعنٍwith spear-thrusts كالحريقlike fire إذاwhen التقيناwe meet
بطعنٍ كالحريق إذا التقينا
وضربِand striking with المَشرَفيَّةthe Mashrafi swords فيin الغُطَاطِthe murk
وضربِ المَشرَفيَّة في الغُطَاطِ
With spear-thrusts like fire whenever we meet,
With a stab like fire when we meet
and strokes of Mashrafi swords in the murk,
And hitting Al-Mushrefiya in the darkness
وذلكand that يَقتُلُkills الفِتيانَthe young men شَفعاًin pairs
وذلك يَقتُلُ الفِتيانَ شَفعاً
ويَسلُبُand strips away حُلَّةَthe mantle اللَّيثِof the lion العَطَاطِthe massive one
ويَسلُبُ حُلَّةَ اللَّيثِ العَطَاطِ
and that kills young men in pairs,
That kills the young men in pairs
and strips the massive lion of his mantle.
And strips the garment of the fierce lion
Sol 6.1