عَلَىat حِينَthe time أَنْthat قَالَتْshe said لأيمنَto Ayman أُمُّهُhis mother
عَلَى حِينَ أَنْ قَالَتْ لأيمنَ أُمُّهُ
جَبُنْتَyou were cowardly وَلَمْand did not تَشْهَدْface فوارِسَthe horsemen خيبرِof Khaybar
جَبُنْتَ وَلَمْ تَشْهَدْ فوارِسَ خيبرِ
At the time when Ayman’s mother said to him:
“You were cowardly and did not face the horsemen of Khaybar.”
وأيمنُand Ayman لمdid not يجبُنْact cowardly ولكنَّbut مُهرَهُhis colt
وأيمنُ لم يجبُنْ ولكنَّ مُهرَهُ
أضرَّcaused harm بِهِto it شُرْبُdrinking المديدِthe thin gruel المخمَّرِfermented
أضرَّ بِهِ شُرْبُ المديدِ المخمَّرِ
Yet Ayman was not cowardly; rather, his colt
had been harmed by drinking fermented gruel.
ولَولاand had it not been for الذيwhat قَدْhad كَانَhappened مِنْconcerning شَأْنِthe condition of مُهْرِهِhis colt
ولَولا الذي قَدْ كَانَ مِنْ شَأْنِ مُهْرِهِ
لَقَاتَلَhe would have fought فيهمْamong them فارساًas a horseman غيرَnot أَعسَرِclumsy
لَقَاتَلَ فيهمْ فارساً غيرَ أَعسَرِ
And had it not been for what had happened to his colt,
he would have fought among them as a deft horseman.
ولكنَّهُbut he قدhad صدَّهُheld him back شَأْنَthe condition of مُهْرِهِhis colt
ولكنَّهُ قد صدَّهُ شَأْنَ مُهْرِهِ
وَمَاand not كانَwould have been لولاhad it not been for ذَاكُمُthat بمُقَصِّرِremiss at all
وَمَا كانَ لولا ذَاكُمُ بمُقَصِّرِ
But the trouble with his colt had held him back,
and but for that, he would not have fallen short.
Sol 6.1