أورثتهshe bequeathed to him الحَصانُthe chaste woman أمmother of هِشامHisham
أورثته الحَصانُ أم هِشام
حسباًancestral honor ثاقباًillustrious ووجهاًand a face نضيراradiant
حسباً ثاقباً ووجهاً نضيرا
The chaste Umm Hisham bequeathed him
The steed bequeathed him innate perspicacity, and a peerless mien,
illustrious lineage and a radiant face.
With which Aisha's son, though hostile, was fain to ally himself.
وتعاطىand reached for بهthrough him ابنُthe son of عائشةAisha البدthe full moon (first part)
وتعاطى به ابنُ عائشة البد
رَcompletion of 'the full moon' لهto it رقيباًa rival نظيراan equal
رَ له رقيباً نظيرا
And through him the son of Aisha reached for the full moon,
Abu'l-Khalaf clothed him in a mantle embroidered with excellences of old,
as its rival and equal.
Making him warder over a spirit of like temper to his own.
وكساهand clothed him أبوfather of الخلائفthe caliphs مرواMarwan (first part)
وكساه أبو الخلائف مروا
نcompletion of 'Marwan' سناءَsplendor المكارمnoble deeds المأثوراhanded down in tradition
ن سناءَ المكارم المأثورا
And Marwan, father of the caliphs, clothed him
The open spaces bewildered him not; rather he found them a lodging and abode.
in the handed-down splendor of noble deeds.
لمnot تجهمfrown لهat him البطاحthe valley flats ولكنand yet
لم تجهم له البطاح ولكن
وجدتهاI found them لهfor him معاناًabodes ودوراand homes
وجدتها له معاناً ودورا
The valley flats did not frown at him; rather,
I found them abodes and homes for him.
Partial English translation: 5 of 8 Arabic lines translated.
Sol 6.1