لَمّاwhen سَمِعتُI heard بِبَيعَةٍof a pledge of allegiance لِمُحَمَّدٍto Muhammad
لَمّا سَمِعتُ بِبَيعَةٍ لِمُحَمَّدٍ
شَفَتِhealed النُفوسَthe souls وَأَذهَبَتand dispelled أَحزانَهاtheir sorrows
شَفَتِ النُفوسَ وَأَذهَبَت أَحزانَها
When I heard of a pledge of allegiance to Muhammad,
When I heard of giving allegiance to Muhammad
Which healed souls and dispelled their sorrows,
It delighted souls and took away their sorrows
بايَعتُI pledged allegiance مُغتَبِطاًjoyfully وَلَوand if لَمdid not تَنبَسِطstretch forth
بايَعتُ مُغتَبِطاً وَلَو لَم تَنبَسِط
كَفّيmy palm لِبَيعَتِهِto pledge allegiance to him قَطَعتُI would have cut off بَنانَهاits fingers
كَفّي لِبَيعَتِهِ قَطَعتُ بَنانَها
I pledged allegiance joyfully; and had it not stretched forth—
I gave allegiance happily even if my hands did not stretch out
My palm—to pledge to him, I would have cut off its fingers.
To give allegiance to him I would cut off their fingers
رَجَحَتoutweighed زُبَيدَةُZubayda وَالنِساءُand the women شَوائِلٌrising like lighter scale-pans
رَجَحَت زُبَيدَةُ وَالنِساءُ شَوائِلٌ
وَاللَهُand God أَرجَحُhas made heavier بِالتُقىthrough piety ميزانَهاher scale
وَاللَهُ أَرجَحُ بِالتُقى ميزانَها
Zubayda outweighed the other women, their scale-pans rising;
Zubaydah has excelled, and women are turning their shoulders
And God has made her scale heavier through piety.
But Allah is most excellent in piety and its balance
Sol 6.1