لكَto you الشُّكرُthanks شَفَّعتَyou paired بِيضَwhite الأمانِيthe hopes
لكَ الشُّكرُ شَفَّعتَ بِيضَ الأمانِي
بأَبيَضَwith a gleaming sword صافَحَنِيit shook my hand بِالنِّجَادwith the baldric
بأَبيَضَ صافَحَنِي بِالنِّجَاد
My thanks to you: you paired white hopes
With a gleaming sword that shook my hand with its baldric.
تَهَادَىit came swaying بأربَعَةٍwith four مِثلهُlike it
تَهَادَى بأربَعَةٍ مِثلهُ
حِدَادٍsharp لَبِسنَthey wore حِدَادَmourning garb المُرَأدunclear as written; possibly “the ink” (المداد)
حِدَادٍ لَبِسنَ حِدَادَ المُرَأد
It came swaying with four like itself,
Sharp blades, clad in mourning garb [the final word is unclear; possibly “ink”].
سُيُوفٌswords مِنَof النَّظمِverse مَطبُوعَةًforged
سُيُوفٌ مِنَ النَّظمِ مَطبُوعَةً
مُقَلِّلةlessening عَركَthe battering كُلِّevery انتِقَادcriticism
مُقَلِّلة عَركَ كُلِّ انتِقَاد
Swords forged of verse,
Lessening the battering of every criticism.
أَتَتنِيَthey came to me فيon الطِّرسِthe writing sheet مَسلُولةًunsheathed
أَتَتنِيَ في الطِّرسِ مَسلُولةً
فأَغمَدتُهَاso I sheathed them فِيin سَوَادِthe blackness الفُؤَادthe heart
فأَغمَدتُهَا فِي سَوَادِ الفُؤَاد
They came to me on the page, unsheathed,
So I sheathed them in the blackness of my heart.
وَأًعدَدتُand I readied هَذَاthis لِيَومِfor the day الفَخَارِboasting
وَأًعدَدتُ هَذَا لِيَومِ الفَخَارِ
وَأَعددتُand I readied هذَاthis لِيَومِfor the day الجِلادcombat
وَأَعددتُ هذَا لِيَومِ الجِلاد
And I readied this for the day of boasting,
And I readied this for the day of combat.
Sol 6.1