أَطَعناwe obeyed رَبَّناour lord وَعَصاهُand disobeyed him قَومٌa people
أَطَعنا رَبَّنا وَعَصاهُ قَومٌ
فَذُقناso we tasted طَعمَthe taste of طاعَتِناour obedience وَذاقواand they tasted
فَذُقنا طَعمَ طاعَتِنا وَذاقوا
We obeyed our lord, while a people disobeyed him.
We obeyed our Lord while a people disobeyed Him
So we tasted the savor of our obedience, and they too tasted.
So we tasted the flavor of our obedience, and they tasted
فَمالَso leaned بِناwith us الغَبيطُal-Ghabīṭ بِجانِبَيهِwith its two flanks
فَمالَ بِنا الغَبيطُ بِجانِبَيهِ
عَلىtoward أَرَكٍArak وَمالَand leaned بِناwith us أُفاقُUfāq
عَلى أَرَكٍ وَمالَ بِنا أُفاقُ
So al-Ghabīṭ, with both its flanks, leaned with us
Thus fortune inclined toward us with both its sides
toward Arak, and Ufāq leaned with us.
Upon a throne, and thus the horizons inclined toward us
كَأَنَّas though جِيادَناour steeds فيon رَعنِthe mountain spur of زُمٍّZumm
كَأَنَّ جِيادَنا في رَعنِ زُمٍّ
جَرادٌlocusts قَدalready أَطاعَyielded لَهُto it الوَراقُthe foliage
جَرادٌ قَد أَطاعَ لَهُ الوَراقُ
As though our steeds upon Zumm’s spur
As if our steeds were in the pasturage of locusts
were locusts to which the foliage had yielded.
Locusts to which the leaves had given obedience
Sol 6.1