للَّهto God درّexcellence طيورbirds الصيدthe hunt كمhow often فتكتthey slew
للَّه درّ طيور الصيد كم فتكت
تحتbeneath العريضal-Arid وكمand how often حالتthey wheeled بلاwithout مثلequal
تحت العريض وكم حالت بلا مثل
How splendid, by God, are the hunting birds—how often they have slain
beneath al-Arid, and how often they have wheeled without equal!
لوif أنthat هانيHani رأىhad seen واديthe valley of السفينةal-Safina إذwhen
لو أن هاني رأى وادي السفينة إذ
كرّتthey charged اسابرناour hawks فيهin it علىagainst الحجلthe partridges
كرّت اسابرنا فيه على الحجل
Had Hani seen Wadi al-Safina when
our hawks charged there against the partridges,
شاهدتwould have witnessed مقلتاهhis two eyes فوقbeyond ماwhat نظرتthey had seen
شاهدت مقلتاه فوق ما نظرت
فيin أرضthe land of ذيقارDhi Qar منof كرّcharging ومنand of ميَلturning
في أرض ذيقار من كرّ ومن ميَل
his two eyes would have witnessed more than they had seen
of charges and turns in the land of Dhi Qar.
Sol 6.1