فَإِنso if تُنصِفواyou deal fairly ياO آلَhouse of مَروانَMarwan نَقتَرِبwe draw near
فَإِن تُنصِفوا يا آلَ مَروانَ نَقتَرِب
إِلَيكُمto you وَإِلاand if not فَأذَنواthen know بِبعادِof separation
إِلَيكُم وَإِلا فَأذَنوا بِبعادِ
So if you deal fairly, O house of Marwan, we shall draw near
If you are just, O clan of Marwan, we will come near,
to you; otherwise, know that we shall depart.
Otherwise, bid us farewell and depart.
فَإِنَّfor indeed لَناfor us مِنكُمaway from you مراحاًa way out وَمَزحَلاًand a retreat
فَإِنَّ لَنا مِنكُم مراحاً وَمَزحَلاً
بِعيسٍon pale camels إِلىtoward ريحِthe breeze of الفَلاةِthe desert صَواديthirsting
بِعيسٍ إِلى ريحِ الفَلاةِ صَوادي
For we have a way out and a retreat away from you,
For we have, because of you, a refuge and home
on pale camels thirsting for the desert breeze.
With Jesus, in the winds of the open desert.
وَفيand in الأَرضِthe earth عَنaway from دارِthe abode of المَذَلَّةِhumiliation مَذهَبٌa place to go
وَفي الأَرضِ عَن دارِ المَذَلَّةِ مَذهَبٌ
وَكُلُّand every بِلادٍland أَوطَنَتI settle in كَبِلاديlike my own land
وَكُلُّ بِلادٍ أَوطَنَت كَبِلادي
And on earth there is somewhere to go, away from the abode of humiliation,
And on earth, away from the abode of disgrace, there is a course,
and every land I settle in is like my own.
And every land where I have camped is my homeland.
فَماذاso what عَسىmight الحجّاجُal-Hajjaj يَبلُغُachieve جُهدُهُhis utmost effort
فَماذا عَسى الحجّاجُ يَبلُغُ جُهدُهُ
إِذاonce نَحنُwe جاوَزناhave passed حفيرَHafir زِيادِZiyad
إِذا نَحنُ جاوَزنا حفيرَ زِيادِ
What, then, might al-Hajjaj's utmost effort achieve
So what can al-Hajjaj accomplish with all his effort
once we have passed Hafir Ziyad?
When we have gone beyond the trench of Ziyad?
فَباِستِso in the arse of أَبيthe father of الحَجّاجِal-Hajjaj وَاِستِand the arse of عَجوزِهِhis old mother
فَباِستِ أَبي الحَجّاجِ وَاِستِ عَجوزِهِ
عَتيدُa ready stock of بهمٍlambs يَرتَعيgrazes بوهادِin hollows
عَتيدُ بهمٍ يَرتَعي بوهادِ
So in the arse of al-Hajjaj's father and the arse of his old mother
Curse the father of al-Hajjaj and curse his old woman,
is a ready flock of lambs, grazing in the hollows.
Whose son grazes in pastures.
فَلَولاso were it not for بَنوthe sons of مَروانَMarwan كانَwould be اِبنُthe son of يوسُفٍYusuf
فَلَولا بَنو مَروانَ كانَ اِبنُ يوسُفٍ
كَماas كانَhe once was عَبداًa slave مِنamong عَبيدِthe slaves of إِيادِIyad
كَما كانَ عَبداً مِن عَبيدِ إِيادِ
But for Marwan's sons, Ibn Yusuf would be
Were it not for the clan of Marwan, Ibn Yusuf
as he once was—a slave among the slaves of Iyad,
Would be as he was, a slave from the slaves of Iyad,
زَمانwhen هُوَhe العَبدُthe slave المُقِرُّthe one admitting بِذِلَّةٍto abasement
زَمان هُوَ العَبدُ المُقِرُّ بِذِلَّةٍ
يُراوِحُvisiting in the evening صِبيانَthe boys of القرىthe villages وَيُغاديand visiting in the morning
يُراوِحُ صِبيانَ القرى وَيُغادي
in the days when he was the slave who acknowledged his abasement,
At a time when he was a slave admitting disgrace,
visiting the village boys in the evening and the morning.
Flattering the boys of the villages as he wandered.
Sol 6.1