وربَّand many a مُلتفَّةِinterlaced العَواليspears
وربَّ مُلتفَّةِ العَوالي
يلتمعُflashes الموتُdeath فيin ذُراهاits summits
يلتمعُ الموتُ في ذُراها
And many a host with interlaced spears,
By the winding valleys' mistress
Death flashes at its summits.
Death gleams in her spinning,
إِذاwhen تَوطَّتْit treads حُزونُrugged tracts أرضٍa land
إِذا تَوطَّتْ حُزونُ أرضٍ
طحْطحتِare flattened الشُّمُّthe lofty peaks منof رُباهاits hills
طحْطحتِ الشُّمُّ من رُباها
When it treads a land's rugged ground,
When the sorrows of a land alight
The lofty peaks of its hills are flattened.
The suns melt from her rubbing.
يقودُهاleads it منهُfrom him ليثُa lion غابٍa forest
يقودُها منهُ ليثُ غابٍ
إذاwhen رأىhe sees فرصةًan opportunity قَضاهاhe seizes it
إذا رأى فرصةً قَضاها
A forest lion within him leads it;
A lion long gone leads her
When he sees an opportunity, he seizes it.
If he sees a chance, he takes it
تَمضيadvance بآرائهِby his counsels سُيوفٌswords
تَمضي بآرائهِ سُيوفٌ
يستبقُraces ahead الموتُdeath فيalong ظُباهاtheir edges
يستبقُ الموتُ في ظُباها
Swords advance at his direction,
Swords go with his opinions
Death races ahead along their edges.
Death outruns in her thickets
بيضٌwhite blades تحلُّlodge in القلوبَthe hearts سُوداًblackened
بيضٌ تحلُّ القلوبَ سُوداً
إذاwhen انْتَضىhe unsheathes عزمَهُhis resolve انْتضاهاhe unsheathes them
إذا انْتَضى عزمَهُ انْتضاها
White blades that lodge, blackened, in hearts;
Whites that turn hearts black
When he unsheathes his resolve, he unsheathes them.
When his resolve is aroused, aroused
تَتْبعُهُfollow him الطَّيرُthe birds فيamong الأَعاديthe foes
تَتْبعُهُ الطَّيرُ في الأَعادي
تجنيglean كَلاfodder العشبِthe grass منfrom كُلاهاtheir kidneys
تجني كَلا العشبِ من كُلاها
The birds follow him among the foes,
Birds follow him into enemies
Gleaning grassy fodder from the foes' kidneys.
Reaping all the grass from both her sides
أقْدمَhe advanced إذwhen كاعَshrank back كُلُّevery ليثٍlion
أقْدمَ إذ كاعَ كُلُّ ليثٍ
عنfrom حَومةِthe arena الموتِdeath إذْwhen رآهاhe saw it
عن حَومةِ الموتِ إذْ رآها
He advanced when every lion shrank back
He charges when every lion shrinks back
From death's arena at the sight of it.
From the precariousness of death, when he sees it
فأقحمَso he plunged الخيلَthe horses فيinto غِمارٍdepths
فأقحمَ الخيلَ في غِمارٍ
تَفغَرُgape بالموتِwith death لَهْوَتاهاits two maws
تَفغَرُ بالموتِ لَهْوَتاها
So he plunged the horses into depths
He drives the horses into obscurity
Whose twin maws gape with death.
With death gaping in her pits
عنتْbowed لهُto him أوجهُthe faces المناياdeaths
عنتْ لهُ أوجهُ المنايا
فعافَهاso shunned them القومُthe men واشْتَهاهاand he craved them
فعافَها القومُ واشْتَهاها
The faces of death bowed before him;
The faces of demise turned to him
So the men shunned them, while he craved them.
The people pardoned her and lusted for her
Sol 6.1