لَناwe have نُفوسٌsouls بِكَسبِwith gaining العِزِّhonor مولَعَةٌpassionately devoted
لَنا نُفوسٌ بِكَسبِ العِزِّ مولَعَةٌ
فَلَوso if سَلَتْهthey forgot it لَكنّاwe would have قَدalready أَسَلناهاwe made them flow (shed them)
فَلَو سَلَتْه لَكنّا قَد أَسَلناها
We have souls passionately devoted to gaining honor.
We have souls that yearn to attain honor,
Had they forgotten it, we would have shed them.
If it were to be within our reach, we would have grasped it.
وَلَيسَand there is no لِلعِزِّfor honor مَأوىabode غيرother than مَنزِلناour home
وَلَيسَ لِلعِزِّ مَأوى غير مَنزِلنا
كَالشّمسِlike the sun غَيرother than السّماthe sky ماnot كانَwas مَأواهاits abode
كَالشّمسِ غَير السّما ما كانَ مَأواها
And honor has no abode other than our home,
And honor has no refuge but our home,
Like the sun, whose abode has never been other than the sky.
Like the sun, nothing but the sky could be its abode.
Sol 6.1