ومماand among what الاتحاديونthe Unionists كانواhad
ومما الاتحاديون كانوا
أطاعواobeyed فيهin it للالمانof the Germans امراa command
أطاعوا فيه للالمان امرا
And among the deeds in which the Unionists had
obeyed a command from the Germans
اغارتهمtheir assault علىon مصرٍEgypt ففيهاso in it
اغارتهم على مصرٍ ففيها
يُسامis made to suffer الانكليزthe English أذىًharm وضرَّاand injury
يُسام الانكليز أذىً وضرَّا
was their assault on Egypt, where
the English would be subjected to harm and injury,
فتفلتso would escape مصرEgypt منfrom يدهمtheir hand ويمسيand would become الthe
فتفلت مصر من يدهم ويمسي ال
طريقroad الىto بلادِthe lands of الهندIndia وعراrough
طريق الى بلادِ الهند وعرا
so Egypt would slip from their grasp, and the
road to the lands of India would become hard to traverse.
كذاthus ظنواthey thought وكانand was الظنthe thought هذاthis
كذا ظنوا وكان الظن هذا
عليهمupon them كلهall of it إثماًsin ووزراand a burden of guilt
عليهم كله إثماً ووزرا
Thus they thought; and this thought was
wholly sin and a burden of guilt upon them.
وانورand Enver فيin تعسفهhis high-handedness تمادىwent ever further
وانور في تعسفه تمادى
وظلَّand remained علىin ضلالتهhis error مصرّاobstinate
وظلَّ على ضلالته مصرّا
And Enver went ever further in his high-handedness,
and remained obstinate in his error.
عليهover him الغيُّdelusion رانsettled ومنand from فروقFaruq
عليه الغيُّ ران ومن فروق
اراهshowed him فيin الكرىsleep اهرامthe pyramids of مصراEgypt
اراه في الكرى اهرام مصرا
Delusion overwhelmed him and, from Faruq,
showed him Egypt's pyramids in his sleep.
فرامso he sought حيازpossession of مصرEgypt وانand indeed مصراًEgypt
فرام حياز مصر وان مصراً
لأمنعُsurely more impregnable منthan جبينthe brow of الليثthe lion قطراas a land
لأمنعُ من جبين الليث قطرا
So he sought possession of Egypt, though Egypt
is surely a land more impregnable than a lion's brow.
بظلّbeneath the shade of حماتهاher defenders الممدودoutspread عزتwas unassailable
بظلّ حماتها الممدود عزت
علىto منwhoever رامهاsought her فانصاعso he yielded قصراunder compulsion
على من رامها فانصاع قصرا
Beneath her defenders' outspread shade, she was unassailable
to whoever sought her, and he was compelled to yield.
وعصبةand the band of انورEnver اشتريتwas bought بمالٍwith money
وعصبة انور اشتريت بمالٍ
عليهاupon it منfrom سماthe sky of الالمانthe Germans درَّاpoured abundantly
عليها من سما الالمان درَّا
And Enver's band was bought with money
that poured upon it from the Germans' sky.
فباعتهمso it sold them نفوساًsouls ارهقوهاthey had overburdened them
فباعتهم نفوساً ارهقوها
فكانتso they were ارخصthe cheapest السلعاتcommodities سعراin price
فكانت ارخص السلعات سعرا
So it sold them souls that they had overburdened,
so these were the cheapest of all wares.
وقدand indeed ولواthey entrusted قيادتهاits command جمالاًCemal
وقد ولوا قيادتها جمالاً
وقالواand they said اشطرcleave بهاwith it سيناءَSinai شطراasunder
وقالوا اشطر بها سيناءَ شطرا
And they had entrusted its command to Cemal,
and said, 'Cleave Sinai asunder with it,
وجزهاand cross it قاذفاًhurling بالجيشwith the army عبرacross الthe
وجزها قاذفاً بالجيش عبر ال
قناةcanal ومصرضand Egypt خذهاtake it مُستقراa place to settle
قناة ومصرض خذها مُستقرا
and cross it, hurling the army across the
canal, and take Egypt as your abode.'
فلباهمso he answered them جمالCemal فيin غرورٍconceit
فلباهم جمال في غرورٍ
وشمرand girded himself للكريهةfor battle مزبئرَّاbristling
وشمر للكريهة مزبئرَّا
So Cemal answered them in conceit,
and girded himself for battle, bristling.
وزجand thrust بجيشهhis army فيinto تيهِthe wilderness of سناSinai
وزج بجيشه في تيهِ سنا
يسامis made to suffer صدًىthirst وإعياءًand exhaustion وحرَّاand heat
يسام صدًى وإعياءً وحرَّا
And he thrust his army into Sinai's wilderness,
where it suffered thirst, exhaustion, and heat.
وظلand continued الجيشthe army يطويtraversing البيدthe deserts حتىuntil
وظل الجيش يطوي البيد حتى
لهto it خطُّthe line of القناةِthe canal بداappeared فكراso it charged
له خطُّ القناةِ بدا فكرا
And the army kept traversing the deserts until
the canal's line appeared to it, and it charged.
وحاولand it tried انto يجاوزهاcross it ولكنbut
وحاول ان يجاوزها ولكن
سيوفthe swords of حماتهاits defenders دَحرتَهُrouted it دحراutterly
سيوف حماتها دَحرتَهُ دحرا
And it tried to cross it, but
its defenders' swords routed it utterly.
وغشتهand engulfed it القنابلthe shells منfrom ثغورthe mouths of الthe
وغشته القنابل من ثغور ال
مدافعguns فاتحاتٍopening فيهin it ثغراa breach
مدافع فاتحاتٍ فيه ثغرا
And shells engulfed it from the mouths of the
guns, opening a breach in its ranks.
فسلمso surrendered بعضهsome of it فنجاand so survived وبعضand some
فسلم بعضه فنجا وبعض
قتيلاًslain أوor جريحاًwounded ثَمthere خراfell
قتيلاً أو جريحاً ثَم خرا
So some of it surrendered and survived, while some
fell there, slain or wounded.
وباقيهand its remainder ادارturned لمصرtoward Egypt ظهراًa back
وباقيه ادار لمصر ظهراً
وشمّرand hitched up ذيلهits hem هرباًin flight وفرّاand fled
وشمّر ذيله هرباً وفرّا
And the remainder turned its back on Egypt,
and hitched up its hem in flight, and fled.
Sol 6.1