أطيبُsweetest الطيباتِdelights أمرٌcommand ونهيٌand prohibition
أطيبُ الطيباتِ أمرٌ ونهيٌ
لاnot يُردانِboth are rejected فيin الأمورِthe affairs الجسامِweighty
لا يُردانِ في الأمورِ الجسامِ
Sweetest of all delights are a command and a prohibition,
The sweetest of delights is command and prohibition,
neither of them gainsaid in momentous affairs;
Neither gainsaid in weighty affairs;
وامتطاءُand riding الخيولِthe horses فيin كَنَفِthe shelter of الأمsecurity (first part)
وامتطاءُ الخيولِ في كَنَفِ الأم
نِsecurity (final part) بغيرwithout الإقدامِadvancing والإحجامِand holding back
نِ بغير الإقدامِ والإحجامِ
and mounting horses under the shelter of safety,
And riding horses in the shelter of secu-
without either advancing or retreating;
rity, without advancing or holding back;
وسماعُand hearing الصهيلِthe neighing فيamid لجبthe din of الموthe procession (first part)
وسماعُ الصهيلِ في لجب المو
كبِprocession (final part) تحتَbeneath اللواءِthe banner والأعلامِand the standards
كبِ تحتَ اللواءِ والأعلامِ
and hearing their neighing amid the procession’s clamor,
And hearing neighing amid the din of the proces-
beneath the banner and the standards.
sion, beneath the banner and the standards.
Sol 6.1