أيجملIs it fitting? ماwhat يؤتىis done إلىto فتيانكمyour young men
أيجمل ما يؤتى إلى فتيانكم
وأنتمand you رجالmen فيكمamong you عددthe number of النملants
وأنتم رجال فيكم عدد النمل
Is all that befalls your young men to be borne
Is what is done to your young men fitting,
while you are men as numberless as ants?
while you are men as numerous as ants?
وتصبحand she becomes تمشيshe walks فيin الدماءblood عفيرةʿAfīrah
وتصبح تمشي في الدماء عفيرة
جهاراًopenly وزفتand she was escorted as a bride فيamong النساءthe women إلىto بعلa husband
جهاراً وزفت في النساء إلى بعل
While ʿAfīrah walks by broad daylight amid blood,
And ʿAfīrah now walks through blood,
openly, and is led among the women in bridal procession to a husband?
in plain sight, though she was led among the women to a husband.
ولوand if أنناthat we كناwe were رجالاًmen وكنتمand you were
ولو أننا كنا رجالاً وكنتم
نساءًwomen لكناwe would have been لاnot نقرwe acquiesce بذاin this الفعلdeed
نساءً لكنا لا نقر بذا الفعل
Had we been men, and you
And if we had been men, and you had been
women, we would never have countenanced such a deed.
women, we would not have acquiesced in this deed.
فموتواso die كراماًhonorably أوor أميتواkill عدوكمyour enemy
فموتوا كراماً أو أميتوا عدوكم
ودبواand advance لنارto the fire of الحربwar بالحطبwith the firewood الجزلthick
ودبوا لنار الحرب بالحطب الجزل
Then die with honor, or put your enemy to death;
So die honorably, or kill your enemy,
advance upon war’s fire with stout logs.
and advance to the fire of war with thick logs.
وإلاand otherwise فخلواthen vacate بطنهاits belly وتحملواand depart
وإلا فخلوا بطنها وتحملوا
إلىto بلدٍa land قفرٍbarren وموتواand die منfrom الهزلwasting away
إلى بلدٍ قفرٍ وموتوا من الهزل
Otherwise, quit its heartland and journey on
Otherwise, leave the land's belly and depart
to a barren country, and die there of emaciation.
to a barren land, and waste away to death.
فللبينfor parting, indeed خيرbetter منthan مقامٍremaining علىamid أذىharm
فللبين خير من مقامٍ على أذى
وللموتand death, indeed خيرbetter منthan مقامٍremaining علىin الذلhumiliation
وللموت خير من مقامٍ على الذل
For death is better than remaining under injury,
For parting is better than staying amid harm,
and death is better than remaining in humiliation.
and death is better than staying in humiliation.
وإنand if أنتمyou لمdid not تغضبواyou grow angry بعدafter هذهthis
وإن أنتم لم تغضبوا بعد هذه
فكونواthen be نساءًwomen لاnot تعابare reproached منfor الكحلkohl
فكونوا نساءً لا تعاب من الكحل
And if, after this, you still do not grow angry,
And if you have not grown angry after this,
then be women, who are not faulted for wearing kohl.
then be women, who are not reproached for wearing kohl.
ودونكمand take for yourselves طيبthe perfume of العروسthe bride فإنماfor only
ودونكم طيب العروس فإنما
خلقتمyou were created لأثوابfor the garments of العروسthe bride وللغسلand for washing
خلقتم لأثواب العروس وللغسل
Here, take the bride’s perfume; for truly
And take the bride's perfume, for you were only
you were created for bridal garments and washing.
created for the bride's garments and for washing.
فبعداًso banishment وسحقاًand destruction للذيto the one who ليسis not دافعاًdefending
فبعداً وسحقاً للذي ليس دافعاً
ويختالand he swaggers يمشيhe walks بينناamong us مشيةthe gait of الفحلthe stud
ويختال يمشي بيننا مشية الفحل
Banishment and utter ruin upon him who will not defend,
So banishment and destruction to him who does not defend,
and yet struts among us with the gait of a stallion.
yet swaggers, walking among us with a stud's gait.
Sol 6.1