كالشَمسِlike the sun تَبَرَّجَتshe displayed her beauty لِعَينto the eye of الرائيthe beholder
كالشَمسِ تَبَرَّجَت لِعَين الرائي
فاِستَقبلَهاso he faced her الرَقيبُthe watcher كالحِرباءِlike the chameleon
فاِستَقبلَها الرَقيبُ كالحِرباءِ
Like the sun, she displayed her beauty to the beholder's eye.
Like the sun she shone in the beholder's eye
So the watcher faced her like a chameleon.
The guard met her like an enemy
ماhow أَليقَfitting صَلبَهُcrucifying him عَلىupon العودِthe wooden pole وَلاand not الthe (continued next line)
ما أَليقَ صَلبَهُ عَلى العودِ وَلا ال
حِرباءُchameleon تَصَدّىstood facing لِسَناtoward the radiance of البَيضاءِthe fair one
حِرباءُ تَصَدّى لِسَنا البَيضاءِ
How fitting to crucify him upon the wooden pole! Nor did the
Neither fitting is his corpse on wood nor the
chameleon face the fair one's radiance.
Enemy confronted the white spear
Sol 6.1