ولَرُبَّand indeed many a زُرْقِblue-eyed عِدىًfoes لَقيتُI met مُواجِهاًface-to-face
ولَرُبَّ زُرْقِ عِدىً لَقيتُ مُواجِهاً
كفّتْheld back أكُفُّهمْtheir hands وقايَةُprotection واقِيa protector
كفّتْ أكُفُّهمْ وقايَةُ واقِي
And many a blue-eyed foe have I met face-to-face;
a protector's protection held back their hands.
جاوَزْتُI passed by والتَفَتُواand they turned إليّtoward me فخِلْتُهُمْso I imagined them
جاوَزْتُ والتَفَتُوا إليّ فخِلْتُهُمْ
جعَلواthey placed ذَوابِلَهُمْtheir slender spears علَىupon الأعْناقِthe necks
جعَلوا ذَوابِلَهُمْ علَى الأعْناقِ
I passed by, and they turned toward me; I imagined they
had laid their slender spears upon their necks.
Sol 6.1