أَماLo وَالَّذيby Him who حَجَّتmade pilgrimage لَهُfor Him العيسُthe pale camels وَاِرتَمىand cast stones
أَما وَالَّذي حَجَّت لَهُ العيسُ وَاِرتَمى
لِمَرضاتِهِfor His pleasure شُعثٌdisheveled pilgrims طَويلٌlong ذَميلُهاtheir trot
لِمَرضاتِهِ شُعثٌ طَويلٌ ذَميلُها
Lo, by Him to whom the pale camels made pilgrimage—and onward pressed,
Lo, by Him for whom the pale camels made pilgrimage, and stones were cast
seeking His good pleasure, disheveled pilgrims, their camels’ steady trot long-sustained—
For His pleasure by disheveled pilgrims, their camels’ trot prolonged:
لَئِنif indeed نائِباتِthe calamities of الدَهرِtime يَوماًone day أَدَلنَgranted ascendancy ليto me
لَئِن نائِباتِ الدَهرِ يَوماً أَدَلنَ لي
عَلىover أُمِّUmm (mother of) عَمروٍAmr دَولَةًa turn of power لاnot أُقيلُهاI spare her
عَلى أُمِّ عَمروٍ دَولَةً لا أُقيلُها
if the vicissitudes of Time should one day grant me the upper hand
If time’s calamities should one day grant me
over Umm ʿAmr—a turn of fortune—I will never let her off.
The upper hand over Umm Amr, I shall not spare her.
Sol 6.1