جزانيrepaid me الزهدal-Zahdamān (name, first segment) مانal-Zahdamān (name, second segment) جزاءa recompense سوءٍevil
جزاني الزهد مان جزاء سوءٍ
وكنتand I was المرءthe man يجزىis rewarded بالكرامةwith honor
وكنت المرء يجزى بالكرامة
Al-Zahdamān repaid me with an evil recompense,
My asceticism has rewarded me with naught but ill,
Yet I was a man to be rewarded with honor.
Though man should be rewarded with honor.
لقدindeed دافعتI resisted وقدand indeed علمتhas known معدٌMaʿadd
لقد دافعت وقد علمت معدٌ
بنيthe sons of قُرظٍQurẓ وعمهمand their paternal uncle قدامةQudāma
بني قُرظٍ وعمهم قدامة
Indeed I resisted—as Maʿadd knows—
I have fought in defense and learned that Ma'di
The sons of Qurẓ and their uncle Qudāma,
Knows the sons of Qurayza and their uncle Qudama.
أجاثيهمI contend with them knee to knee علىon الركباتthe knees حتىuntil
أجاثيهم على الركبات حتى
أثبتكمI recompensed you بهاfor it مائةًa hundred ظلامةan unjust exaction
أثبتكم بها مائةً ظلامة
Contending with them on bended knees, until
I stirred them up, kneeling on their knees until
I paid you a hundred for it—an unjust exaction.
I made clear to you thereby a hundred darknesses.
Sol 6.1