لَعَمرُby the life of أَبيكَyour father لِلخَيلُsurely the horses المُوَطّىtrampled down
لَعَمرُ أَبيكَ لِلخَيلُ المُوَطّى
أَمامَbefore القَومِthe tribe لِلرَخمِfor the vultures الوُقوعِalighting
أَمامَ القَومِ لِلرَخمِ الوُقوعِ
By your father's life, surely the trampled horses
By the life of your father, horses yearn
before the tribe, for the alighting vultures,
For open plains, to gallop free,
أَحَقُّmore fitting بِكُمfor you وَأَجدَرُand worthier أَنthat تَصيدواyou hunt
أَحَقُّ بِكُم وَأَجدَرُ أَن تَصيدوا
مِنَthan الفُرسانِthe knights تَرفُلُstrutting فيin الدُروعِarmor
مِنَ الفُرسانِ تَرفُلُ في الدُروعِ
are fitter and worthier prey for you to hunt
You deserve, more than any, to hunt
than knights strutting in armor.
Knights gleaming in armored finery,
إِذاwhen اِصطادواthey caught بُغاثاweak birds شَيَّطوهُthey singed it
إِذا اِصطادوا بُغاثا شَيَّطوهُ
فَكانَso it was وَفاءَan equivalent to شاتِهِمُtheir ewe القُروعِbarren
فَكانَ وَفاءَ شاتِهِمُ القُروعِ
When they catch weak birds, they singe them,
When they hunt partridges, they tease and chase,
and that serves in place of their barren ewe.
True to their hawks, obedient, duty-bound.
Sol 6.1