لَعَمريby my life لَقَدindeed صابَتpoured down عَلىupon ظَهرِthe back of خالِدٍKhalid
لَعَمري لَقَد صابَت عَلى ظَهرِ خالِدٍ
شَآبيبُshowers ماnot اِستَهلَلنَthey poured forth مِنfrom سَبَلِthe falling streams of القَطرِrain
شَآبيبُ ما اِستَهلَلنَ مِن سَبَلِ القَطرِ
By my life, upon Khalid's back there indeed fell
Showers that did not pour from the streams of rain.
أَتَضرِبُdo you beat? فيfor العِصيانِdisobedience تَزعُمُyou claim مَنwhoever عَصاdisobeyed
أَتَضرِبُ في العِصيانِ تَزعُمُ مَن عَصا
وَتَعصيand you disobey أَميرَthe Commander of المُؤمِنينَthe Faithful أَخاO brother of قَسرِQasr
وَتَعصي أَميرَ المُؤمِنينَ أَخا قَسرِ
Do you beat for disobedience—as you claim—whoever disobeyed,
Yet yourself disobey the Commander of the Faithful, O brother of Qasr?
فَلَولاbut for يَزيدُYazid بنُson of المُهَلَّبِal-Muhallab حَلَّقَتwould have soared
فَلَولا يَزيدُ بنُ المُهَلَّبِ حَلَّقَت
بِكَفِّكَwith your hand فَتخاءٌa broad-winged eagle إِلىto الفُتخِthe broad-winged eagles فيin الوَكرِthe nest
بِكَفِّكَ فَتخاءٌ إِلى الفُتخِ في الوَكرِ
But for Yazid ibn al-Muhallab, there would have soared
A broad-winged eagle carrying your hand to the eagles in the nest.
لَعَمريby my life لَقَدindeed سارَfollowed اِبنُson of شَيبَةَShaybah سيرَةًa course of conduct
لَعَمري لَقَد سارَ اِبنُ شَيبَةَ سيرَةً
أَرَتكَmade you see نُجومَthe stars of اللَيلِthe night ظاهِرَةًplainly visible تَجريcoursing
أَرَتكَ نُجومَ اللَيلِ ظاهِرَةً تَجري
By my life, Ibn Shaybah indeed followed a course
That made you see the stars of night, visible and coursing.
فَخُذso take بِيَدَيكَwith both your hands الحَتفَdeath إِنَّكَfor you إِنَّماonly
فَخُذ بِيَدَيكَ الحَتفَ إِنَّكَ إِنَّما
جُزيتَyou were repaid قِصاصاًin retaliation بِالمُحَدرَجَةِwith the tightly plaited whips السُمرِbrown
جُزيتَ قِصاصاً بِالمُحَدرَجَةِ السُمرِ
So take death in both your hands, for you were only
Repaid in kind with the tightly plaited brown whips.
أَظُنُّكَI think you مَفجوعاًgrief-stricken بِرُبعِover the dwelling of مُنافِقٍa hypocrite
أَظُنُّكَ مَفجوعاً بِرُبعِ مُنافِقٍ
تَلَبَّسَclothed himself in أَثوابَthe garments of الخِيانَةِbetrayal وَالغَدرِand treachery
تَلَبَّسَ أَثوابَ الخِيانَةِ وَالغَدرِ
I think you grief-stricken over a hypocrite's dwelling,
Who clothed himself in the garments of betrayal and treachery.
Sol 6.1