أَلاLo! أَيُّهاO الناهيyou who forbid فَزارَةَFazārah بَعدَماafter
أَلا أَيُّها الناهي فَزارَةَ بَعدَما
أَجَدَّتit prepared earnestly لِغَزوٍfor a raid إِنَّماonly أَنتَyou حالِمُa dreamer
أَجَدَّت لِغَزوٍ إِنَّما أَنتَ حالِمُ
O you who would restrain Fazārah, after they
Have prepared earnestly for a raid—you are only dreaming.
أَرىI see كُلَّevery ذيpossessor of تَبلٍa blood feud كَريمٌnoble يَهُمُّهُit troubles him
أَرى كُلَّ ذي تَبلٍ كَريمٌ يَهُمُّهُ
وَيَمنَعُand it withholds مِنهُfrom him النَومَsleep إِذwhile أَنتَyou نائِمُasleep
وَيَمنَعُ مِنهُ النَومَ إِذ أَنتَ نائِمُ
I see every noble man with a blood feud troubled by it,
And robbed of sleep by it, while you lie sleeping.
وَقُلتُand I said لِفِتيانٍto young men مَصاليتٍstalwart إِنَّكُمindeed you all
وَقُلتُ لِفِتيانٍ مَصاليتٍ إِنَّكُم
قُدامىbold warriors وَإِنَّand indeed العَيشَlife لاnot هُوَit دائِمُlasting
قُدامى وَإِنَّ العَيشَ لا هُوَ دائِمُ
And I told stalwart young men: 'You are
Bold warriors, and life does not endure.
قُعُواfight! وَقعَةًa battle َِنfragment, probably 'whoever' يَحيَlives لاnot يُخزَbe disgraced بَعدَهاafter it
قُعُوا وَقعَةً َِن يَحيَ لا يُخزَ بَعدَها
وَمَنand whoever يَجتَزِمis cut down (dies) لاnot تَتِّبِعهُpursue him المَلاوِمُreproaches
وَمَن يَجتَزِم لا تَتِّبِعهُ المَلاوِمُ
Fight a battle: [whoever] lives shall not be shamed afterward,
And whoever is cut down shall not be pursued by reproach.'
وَهَلand will...? أَنتَyou إِنif باعَدتَyou distance نَفسَكَyourself مِنهُمُfrom them
وَهَل أَنتَ إِن باعَدتَ نَفسَكَ مِنهُمُ
لِتَسلَمَso you may escape unharmed فيماin what بَعدَcomes after ذلِكَthat سالِمُsafe
لِتَسلَمَ فيما بَعدَ ذلِكَ سالِمُ
And will you, if you keep yourself far from them
To escape unharmed, be safe thereafter?
Sol 6.1