ناهضتهمyou rose against them والبارقاتand the flashing blades كأنهاas though they were
ناهضتهم والبارقات كأنها
شعلflames علىabove أيديهمtheir hands تتلهبblaze
شعل على أيديهم تتلهب
You rose against them, the flashing blades like
flames blazing above their hands.
ووقفتand you stood firm مشكورpraised for المكانthe stand كريمهnoble in it
ووقفت مشكور المكان كريمه
والبيضand the bright swords تطفوfloat فيin الغبارthe dust وترسبand sink
والبيض تطفو في الغبار وترسب
And you stood firm, praised for your stand and noble in it,
while bright swords floated in the dust and sank.
ماnot إنemphasizing negation ترىyou see إلاexcept توقدthe blazing of كوكبa star
ما إن ترى إلا توقد كوكب
منfrom قونسa helmet’s crown قدalready غابvanished فيهin it كوكبa star
من قونس قد غاب فيه كوكب
You see nothing but the flare of a star
from a helmet in which a star has vanished.
فمجدلso one felled ومزملand one shrouded وموسدand one pillowed
فمجدل ومزمل وموسد
ومضرجand one blood-drenched ومضمخand one smeared with blood ومخضبand one dyed with blood
ومضرج ومضمخ ومخضب
So one lay felled, one shrouded, one pillowed,
and one blood-drenched, one smeared, one dyed.
سلبواthey were stripped وأشرقتand shone الدماءthe blood عليهمupon them
سلبوا وأشرقت الدماء عليهم
محمرةcrimson فكأنهمso, as though they لمnot يسلبواthey were stripped
محمرة فكأنهم لم يسلبوا
They were stripped, and blood shone upon them,
crimson, as though they had not been stripped.
ولوand even if أنهمthat they ركبواthey rode الكواكبthe stars لمnot يكنthere be
ولو أنهم ركبوا الكواكب لم يكن
لمجدهمfor their swiftest منfrom حدthe keen edge of بأسكyour might مهربan escape
لمجدهم من حد بأسك مهرب
And even had they ridden the stars, there would have been
no escape for their swiftest from your might’s keen edge.
Sol 6.1