وَلرُبَّand many a خافِقَةِfluttering الذَّوائِبِthe streamers قدْindeed غدَتْhas become
وَلرُبَّ خافِقَةِ الذَّوائِبِ قدْ غدَتْ
مَعْقُودةًbound بِلِوائِهِto his standard المَنْصورِvictorious
مَعْقُودةً بِلِوائِهِ المَنْصورِ
And many a banner with fluttering streamers has become
Bound to his victorious standard.
يَرْميhurls بِهاwith it الآفاقَthe horizons كُلُّevery شَرَنْبَثٍa brawny warrior
يَرْمي بِها الآفاقَ كُلُّ شَرَنْبَثٍ
كفَّاهُhis two hands غَيرُnot مُقلَّمِclipped الأُظْفُورِthe claw
كفَّاهُ غَيرُ مُقلَّمِ الأُظْفُورِ
Every brawny warrior hurls it toward the horizons,
His two hands with claws untrimmed.
لَيْثٌa lion تَطيرُtake flight لهُbefore him القُلوبُhearts مَخافةًin fear
لَيْثٌ تَطيرُ لهُ القُلوبُ مَخافةً
مِنfrom بَيْنِamid هَمْهَمَةٍa rumbling growl لهُof his وَزَئيرِand a roar
مِن بَيْنِ هَمْهَمَةٍ لهُ وَزَئيرِ
A lion—hearts take flight in fear of him,
Amid his rumbling growl and his roar.
وكأنَّماand as though يُوميhe gestures إليْكَtoward you بِطَرفِهِwith his gaze
وكأنَّما يُومي إليْكَ بِطَرفِهِ
عَنْfrom جَمْرَتَيْنِtwo embers بِجَلمدٍin a boulder مَنْقُورِhollowed out
عَنْ جَمْرَتَيْنِ بِجَلمدٍ مَنْقُورِ
And it is as though he gestures toward you with his gaze
From two embers in a hollowed boulder.
Sol 6.1