وأظْهَرَ السِّلْمَ وقدْ
أسَرّ حَسْواً فِي ارْتِغا
He made a show of peace, though all the while
he sipped in secret under cover of skimming froth.
فبلّغَ الرّحْمانُ سيْ
ف النّصْرِ فيهِ ما ابْتَغى
Then the All-Merciful let the sword
of victory achieve against him all it sought,
وردّهُ ردَّ ثَمو
دٍ والفَصيلُ قدْ رَغا
and dealt him the fate of Thamu—
—d, when the she-camel’s calf had bellowed,
حتّى يُرَى وليمَةً
لٍكُلِّ مرهوبِ التُّغا
until he seemed a banquet
for every warrior dreaded in the fray.
Sol 5.6