مَعاذَseeking refuge in الإِلَهِGod أَنthat تَنوحَshould wail نِساؤُناour women
مَعاذَ الإِلَهِ أَن تَنوحَ نِساؤُنا
عَلىover هالِكٍone who has perished أَوor أَنthat نَضِجَّwe should cry out مِنَbecause of القَتلِthe killing
عَلى هالِكٍ أَو أَن نَضِجَّ مِنَ القَتلِ
God forbid that our women should wail
May God forbid our women weep
over one who has perished, or that we should cry out at the killing.
For one perished, or that we recoil from death,
قِراعُclashing السُيوفِthe swords بِالسُيوفِagainst the swords أَحَلَّناhas settled us
قِراعُ السُيوفِ بِالسُيوفِ أَحَلَّنا
بِأَرضٍin a land بَراحٍopen and spacious ذيwith أَراكٍarak trees وَذيand with أَثلِtamarisk trees
بِأَرضٍ بَراحٍ ذي أَراكٍ وَذي أَثلِ
The clashing of swords against swords has settled us
The clashing of swords with swords made lawful for us
in an open land of arak trees and tamarisks.
A land of tents, of lofty tents and low,
فَماso … not أَبقَتِhave left الأَيامُthe days مِنَof المالِwealth عِندَناwith us
فَما أَبقَتِ الأَيامُ مِنَ المالِ عِندَنا
سِوىexcept جِذمِa remnant of أَذوادٍsmall camel herds مُحَذَّفَةِdiminished in النَسلِoffspring
سِوى جِذمِ أَذوادٍ مُحَذَّفَةِ النَسلِ
So the days have left us no wealth
Of all possessions, naught remains for us
save a remnant of small camel herds, their offspring diminished.
Save bodies stripped of lineage, bare of seed.
ثَلاثَةُthree أَثلاثٍthirds فَأَثمانُso, the prices of خَيلِناour horses
ثَلاثَةُ أَثلاثٍ فَأَثمانُ خَيلِنا
وَأَقواتُناand our provisions وَماand what نَسوقُwe drive إِلىto القَتلِslaughter
وَأَقواتُنا وَما نَسوقُ إِلى القَتلِ
Three equal shares: the cost of our horses,
Three thirds of steeds; and tenths of our array;
our provisions, and what we drive to slaughter.
Our food; and those we drive to slaughter.
Sol 6.1