قَدindeed يَتَمَتhas become orphaned بِنتيmy daughter وَآمَتand has become widowed كَنَّتيmy daughter-in-law
قَد يَتَمَت بِنتي وَآمَت كَنَّتي
وَشُعِّثَتand have been disheveled بَعدَafter الرِهانِthe wager جُمَّتيmy thick locks
وَشُعِّثَت بَعدَ الرِهانِ جُمَّتي
My daughter has been orphaned, and my daughter-in-law widowed;
My daughter may covet and my provisions may run short
and my thick locks have been disheveled after the wager.
And my clothes be torn after the wager
رُدّواturn back عَلَيَّagainst me الخَيلَthe horses إِنif أَلَمَّتِthey draw near
رُدّوا عَلَيَّ الخَيلَ إِن أَلَمَّتِ
إِنif لَمdoes not يُناجِزهاhe fights them to the finish فَجُزّواthen shear لِمَّتيmy locks
إِن لَم يُناجِزها فَجُزّوا لِمَّتي
Turn the horses back against me if they draw near;
Return the horses to me if she is pained
if he does not fight them to the finish, then shear my locks.
If you do not fulfill it then take my wrappings as compensation
قَدindeed عَلِمَتknows والِدَةٌa mother ماwhat ضَمَّتِshe held close
قَد عَلِمَت والِدَةٌ ما ضَمَّتِ
ماwhat لَفَّفَتshe swaddled فيin خِرَقٍrags وَشَمَّتِand smelled
ما لَفَّفَت في خِرَقٍ وَشَمَّتِ
A mother knows what she held close,
A mother knows what she has wrapped
what she swaddled in rags and smelled,
And tied in a cloth and protected
إِذاwhen الكُماةُthe armored warriors بِالكُماةِwith the armored warriors إِلتَفَّتِclashed
إِذا الكُماةُ بِالكُماةِ إِلتَفَّتِ
أَمُخدَجٌis he stunted? فيin الحَربِbattle أَمor أَتَمَّتِshe bore him full-term
أَمُخدَجٌ في الحَربِ أَم أَتَمَّتِ
when armored warriors clash with armored warriors:
When the brave meet the brave and blend together
is he stunted in battle, or did she bear him full-term?
Is it unmanly in war or most courageous?
Sol 6.1