ألاbehold لاno خلْقَcreature أشجعbraver منthan حسينٍHusayn
ألا لا خلْقَ أشجع من حسينٍ
وأطعنand stabs more بالقناwith spears منهthan he النحوراthroats
وأطعن بالقنا منه النحورا
Behold, no creature is braver than Husayn,
None braver than Hussein there is,
Truly, no creature is braver than Husayn,
Nor pierces throats with spears more than he.
And none who spears the necks like his,
Nor more fierce at thrusting lances into the throat;
يفرّhe flees عنfrom الرماحthe spears إذاwhen التقيناwe meet
يفرّ عن الرماح إذا التقينا
ويبلعهاand he swallows them إذاwhen كانتthey are أيوراcocks
ويبلعها إذا كانت أيورا
He flees from spears when we meet,
From spears he turns when we collide,
He flees from the spears when we meet in the fray,
And swallows them when they are cocks.
Yet gulps them down when by his side.
But swallows them whole if they happen to be cocks.
Sol 6.1