ماnot مِنany (emphatic) عَدُوٍّenemy يَرىsees مَعناًMaʿn بِساحَتِهِin his courtyard
ما مِن عَدُوٍّ يَرى مَعناً بِساحَتِهِ
إِلّاexcept يَظُنُّthinks المَناياdeaths تَسبِقُoutstrip القَدَراfate
إِلّا يَظُنُّ المَنايا تَسبِقُ القَدَرا
No enemy sees Maʿn in his courtyard
Without thinking that death outruns fate.
يُلفىhe is found إِذاwhen الخَيلُthe cavalry تُقدِمadvance فَوارِسُهاits horsemen
يُلفى إِذا الخَيلُ تُقدِم فَوارِسُها
كَاللَيثِlike the lion يَزدادُgrows إِقداماًin boldness إِذاwhen زُجِراis rebuked
كَاللَيثِ يَزدادُ إِقداماً إِذا زُجِرا
He is found, when the cavalry's horsemen advance,
Like a lion that grows bolder when rebuked.
أَغَرُّbright-faced يُحسَبُis thought to be يَومَthe day of الرَوعِterror ذاpossessing لِبَدٍa matted mane
أَغَرُّ يُحسَبُ يَومَ الرَوعِ ذا لِبَدٍ
وَرداًtawny وَيُحسَبُand is thought to be فَوقَabove المَنبَرِthe pulpit القَمَراthe moon
وَرداً وَيُحسَبُ فَوقَ المَنبَرِ القَمَرا
Bright-faced, on the day of terror he is thought to be a maned lion,
Tawny, and above the pulpit he is thought to be the moon.
Sol 6.1