ولماAnd when احلونيthey lodged me بصلعاءin a dire ordeal صيلمdevastating
ولما احلوني بصلعاء صيلم
بإحدىin one of زُبىlion-pits ذيthe one with اللبدتينthe two mane-tufts أبيfather of الشبلthe lion cub
بإحدى زُبى ذي اللبدتين أبي الشبل
And when they lodged me in a dire, devastating ordeal,
When they brought me to Salma in a howdah
in one of the pits of the two-maned lion, father of the cub,
Riding a she-camel with two humps, Abushall's
خرجتI emerged خروجthe emergence of القدحthe lot-arrow قدحthe lot-arrow of ابنIbn (son of) مقبلMuqbil
خرجت خروج القدح قدح ابن مقبل
علىin الرغمspite منof تلكthose النوابحthe barking hounds والمشليand the one urging them on
على الرغم من تلك النوابح والمشلي
I emerged as the lot-arrow does—the arrow of Ibn Muqbil—
I set out like Ibn Muqbil's wine cup
despite those barking hounds and the one who urged them on.
Despite those wailers and criers
عليupon me ثيابthe garments of الغانياتlovely women وتحتهاand beneath them
علي ثياب الغانيات وتحتها
عزيمةa firm resolve أمرa course of action أشبهتresembled سلَّةthe drawing of النصلthe blade
عزيمة أمر أشبهت سلَّة النصل
Upon me were the garments of lovely women, and beneath them
Wearing the clothes of singing girls
lay a resolve to act that resembled the drawing of a blade.
With a resolve like a sharpened sword
Sol 6.1