مَتىwhenever أَهجِمI charge عَلَيكَat you يُقَلit will be said دَعيٌّa man of spurious lineage
مَتى أَهجِم عَلَيكَ يُقَل دَعيٌّ
أَصابَتهُstruck him السَنابِكُthe hooves فيin مَضيقِa narrow pass
أَصابَتهُ السَنابِكُ في مَضيقِ
Whenever I lampoon you, some baseborn pretender will say:
Whenever I charge at you, it will be said: “A bastard
“The hooves struck him in a narrow pass.”
was struck by hooves in a narrow pass.”
وَأَكرَمُand nobler مِنthan أَبيAbu (father of) الخُلُجيِّal-Khuluji رَهطاًin clan
وَأَكرَمُ مِن أَبي الخُلُجيِّ رَهطاً
أَغَصَّتهُmade him choke أَعَزِّتُناour mighty men بِريقِon spittle
أَغَصَّتهُ أَعَزِّتُنا بِريقِ
Yet one nobler in clan than Abū al-Khulūjī—
And one nobler in clan than Abu al-Khuluji—
our mighty men made him choke on saliva.
our mighty men have made him choke on his spittle.
Sol 6.1