بِئسَwretched was ماthe way قاتَلَتfought خَيابِرُKhayabir عَمّاin defense of what
بِئسَ ما قاتَلَت خَيابِرُ عَمّا
جَمَعَتit amassed مِنof مَزارِعٍfields وَنَخيلِand date palms
جَمَعَت مِن مَزارِعٍ وَنَخيلِ
How poorly Khayabir fought to defend what
Wretched is what Khaybar fought for, compared to
it had amassed of fields and date palms.
What it had gathered of farms and palms.
كَرِهواthey hated المَوتَdeath فَاِستَبيحَso was overrun حِماهُمtheir protected domain
كَرِهوا المَوتَ فَاِستَبيحَ حِماهُم
وَأَقامواand they performed فِعلَthe deed of اللَئيمِthe base man الذَليلِthe abject
وَأَقاموا فِعلَ اللَئيمِ الذَليلِ
They hated death, so their protected domain was overrun,
They disliked death, so their protector was violated,
And they behaved like a base, abject man.
And they did the act of the despicable, disgraced one.
أَمِنَis it from المَوتِdeath تَهرُبونَyou flee فَإِنَّfor indeed الthe
أَمِنَ المَوتِ تَهرُبونَ فَإِنَّ ال
مَوتَdeath مَوتَthe death of الهُزالِwasting away غَيرُnot جَميلِbeautiful
مَوتَ مَوتَ الهُزالِ غَيرُ جَميلِ
Do you flee from death? For the
Do you flee from death? Indeed no-
death—the death of wasting away—is not beautiful.
Death but an ugly death is not beautiful.
Sol 6.1