ماnot البَكرُthe young male camel إِلّاexcept كَالفَصيلِlike the weaned camel calf وَقَدand indeed نَرىwe see
ما البَكرُ إِلّا كَالفَصيلِ وَقَد نَرى
أَنَّthat الفَصيلَthe weaned camel calf عَلَيهِto him لَيسَis not بِعارِa disgrace at all
أَنَّ الفَصيلَ عَلَيهِ لَيسَ بِعارِ
The young camel is but like the weaned calf; indeed, we see
That “the weaned calf” is no disgrace to him.
إِنّاindeed we وَماand by Him حَجَّmade pilgrimage الحَجيجُthe pilgrims لِبَيتِهِto His House
إِنّا وَما حَجَّ الحَجيجُ لِبَيتِهِ
رِكبانُriders مَكَّةَMecca مَعشَرَthe company of الأَنصارِthe Ansar
رِكبانُ مَكَّةَ مَعشَرَ الأَنصارِ
We—by Him to whose House the pilgrims make pilgrimage,
Riders to Mecca—we, the company of the Ansar—
نَفريwe cleave جَماجِمَكُمyour skulls بِكُلِّwith every مُهَنَّدٍIndian-forged sword
نَفري جَماجِمَكُم بِكُلِّ مُهَنَّدٍ
ضَربَlike the striking of القُدارِthe butcher مَبادِيَportions of the slaughtered camel الأَيسارِthe lot-casting gamblers
ضَربَ القُدارِ مَبادِيَ الأَيسارِ
Cleave your skulls with every Indian-forged sword,
As a butcher chops the gamblers’ portions of camel-meat,
حَتّىuntil تَكَنّوهُyou give him a byname بِفَحلِas the sire of هُنَيدَةٍa hundred camels
حَتّى تَكَنّوهُ بِفَحلِ هُنَيدَةٍ
يَحِميhe guards الطَروقَةَthe she-camel mate بازِلٍa full-grown bull-camel هَدّارِloudly bellowing
يَحِمي الطَروقَةَ بازِلٍ هَدّارِ
Until you dub him “Sire of a Hundred Camels,”
A full-grown, bellowing bull that guards his mate.
Sol 6.1