عَلىat حينِthe time أَنthat قالَتshe said لِأَيمَنَto Ayman أُمُّهُhis mother
عَلى حينِ أَن قالَت لِأَيمَنَ أُمُّهُ
جَبُنتَyou were cowardly وَلَمand did not تَشهَدencounter فَوارِسَthe horsemen خَيبَرِKhaybar
جَبُنتَ وَلَم تَشهَد فَوارِسَ خَيبَرِ
At the time when Ayman’s mother said to him,
“You were cowardly and did not encounter the horsemen of Khaybar.”
وَأَيمَنُand Ayman لَمdid not يَجبُنact cowardly وَلَكِنَّbut مُهرَهُhis colt
وَأَيمَنُ لَم يَجبُن وَلَكِنَّ مُهرَهُ
أَضَرَّcaused harm بِهِto it شُربُdrinking المَديدِthe thin gruel المُخَمَّرِfermented
أَضَرَّ بِهِ شُربُ المَديدِ المُخَمَّرِ
Yet Ayman was not cowardly; rather, his colt
Was harmed by drinking fermented gruel.
فَلَولاso, were it not for الَّذيwhat قَدalready كانَhad happened مِنconcerning شَأنِthe condition of مَهرِهِhis colt
فَلَولا الَّذي قَد كانَ مِن شَأنِ مَهرِهِ
لَقاتَلَhe would have fought فيهاin it فارِساًas a horseman غَيرَnot أَعسَرِclumsy
لَقاتَلَ فيها فارِساً غَيرَ أَعسَرِ
So, but for what had happened to his colt,
He would have fought there as a sure-handed horseman.
وَلَكِنَّهُbut he قَدindeed صَدَّهُheld him back فِعلُthe action of مُهرِهِhis colt
وَلَكِنَّهُ قَد صَدَّهُ فِعلُ مُهرِهِ
وَماand what كانَhappened مِنهُfrom it عِندَهُfor him غَيرُnot أَيسَرِeasy
وَما كانَ مِنهُ عِندَهُ غَيرُ أَيسَرِ
But his colt’s behavior had held him back,
And what it did was no easy matter for him.
Sol 6.1