قيلَit was said ليto me شيزرُShayzar نارٌa fire
قيلَ لي شيزرُ نارٌ
وبهاand in it العاصيthe Orontes (also: the sinner) مخلَّدْmade to abide forever
وبها العاصي مخلَّدْ
I was told, “Shayzar is a fire,
and in it the Orontes—the ‘sinner’—abides forever.”
قلتُI said لاnot أمكثُI stay فيهاin it
قلتُ لا أمكثُ فيها
أناI مِنْof حزبِthe party of محمدْMuhammad
أنا مِنْ حزبِ محمدْ
I said, “I will not stay there;
I am of Muhammad’s party.”
Sol 6.1