نَفىbanished ظُلمَةَthe darkness الشِعرِof hair الجَبيthe forehead (first part)
نَفى ظُلمَةَ الشِعرِ الجَبي
نِ(completes 'forehead') فَأَمسَيتَso you became أَجلَحَbare at the temples ياO أَصلَعاbald one
نِ فَأَمسَيتَ أَجلَحَ يا أَصلَعا
The forehead banished the darkness of hair,
so you became bare at the temples, O bald one.
وَهَلand does...? يَملِكُcontrol الفَجرَthe dawn إِلّاexcept الرَبيthe Lord (first part)
وَهَل يَملِكُ الفَجرَ إِلّا الرَبي
بُ(completes 'Lord') وَلابُدَّand it is inevitable لِلفَجرِfor the dawn أَنto يَطلُعاrise
بُ وَلابُدَّ لِلفَجرِ أَن يَطلُعا
And who but the Lord can control the dawn?
And dawn must surely rise.
Sol 6.1