أَسَدٌa lion فيin الغيلِthe thicket يَحميguards أَشبُلاًcubs
أَسَدٌ في الغيلِ يَحمي أَشبُلاً
قَلَّماrarely يَعتادُهُvisits him فيهِin it القَرَمْcraving for flesh
قَلَّما يَعتادُهُ فيهِ القَرَمْ
A lion in the thicket, guarding cubs.
A lion in the jungle protects a cub
There, craving for flesh seldom visits him.
Seldom accustomed to it therein hyenas
مُطرِقٌhead bowed يَكذِبُdraws back عَنfrom أَقرانِهhis rivals
مُطرِقٌ يَكذِبُ عَن أَقرانِه
يَنقُضُreopens الكَلمَthe wound إِذاwhen الكِلمُthe wound التأَمْhas healed
يَنقُضُ الكَلمَ إِذا الكِلمُ التأَمْ
Head bowed, he draws back from his rivals.
Bowing its head denying its peers
He reopens the wound when it has healed.
Shredding words when the talk is complete
Sol 6.1