وَيَشْجُرand he thrusts back الأَبْلَخَthe arrogant one بِالدِعَمِّwith the mighty champion
وَيَشْجُر الأَبْلَخَ بِالدِعَمِّ
بِمِزْحَمٍwith a crushing fighter أَرْكانُهُhis limbs دِقَمِّmassive
بِمِزْحَمٍ أَرْكانُهُ دِقَمِّ
And he thrusts back the arrogant one with a mighty champion,
The palm tree grows twisted with props
with a crushing fighter whose limbs are massive,
Its pillars bent with effort
عَاسِيhard الشُؤُونِthe skull’s sutures قَطِمِfierce القِطْيَمِّthe massively built one
عَاسِي الشُؤُونِ قَطِمِ القِطْيَمِّ
لَمْhas not يُدْمِbloodied مَرْنَيْهِhis two nostril-rims خِشاشُthe nose-peg of الزَمِّthe bridle
لَمْ يُدْمِ مَرْنَيْهِ خِشاشُ الزَمِّ
hard at the skull’s seams, fierce and mightily built,
Neglecting affairs, breaking contracts
whose nostril-rims the bridle’s nose-peg has not bloodied,
Its flexibility not worn by the passage of time
وَلَيْسَand he is not بِالمُوَقَّعِa saddle-galled one العِرْصَمِّthe hulking beast
وَلَيْسَ بِالمُوَقَّعِ العِرْصَمِّ
وَجامِعِand one drawing together القُطْرَيْنِthe two sides مُطْرَخِمِّpuffed up with pride
وَجامِعِ القُطْرَيْنِ مُطْرَخِمِّ
and he is no saddle-galled, hulking beast.
Not marked with seals
And one who draws his sides together, puffed up with pride—
Uniting the two races, pure bred
بَيَّضَwhitened عَيْنَيْهِhis two eyes العَمَىblindness المُعَمِّيsight-destroying
بَيَّضَ عَيْنَيْهِ العَمَى المُعَمِّي
مِنْfrom نَحَمَانِthe groaning of الحَسَدِenvy النِحَمِّraging
مِنْ نَحَمَانِ الحَسَدِ النِحَمِّ
utter blindness has whitened his two eyes,
Blinded by an obscuring blindness
from the groans of raging envy.
From the rancor of seething envy
ماnot الناسُpeople إِلَّاexcept كَالثُمامِlike thumam grass الثَمِّbrittle
ما الناسُ إِلَّا كَالثُمامِ الثَمِّ
يَرْضَونَthey consent بِالتَعْبِيدِto enslavement وَالتَأَمِّيand becoming bondwomen
يَرْضَونَ بِالتَعْبِيدِ وَالتَأَمِّي
People are nothing but brittle thumam grass;
People are but like fluttering moths
they accept enslavement and a bondwoman’s servitude
Content with enslavement and blindness
لَنَاto us إِذَاwhen مَاemphatic particle خَنْدَقَnames Khindif ancestry المُسَمِّيthe name-giver
لَنَا إِذَا مَا خَنْدَقَ المُسَمِّي
نَتْرُكُwe leave ذَاthe one with القَرْنَيْنِthe two horns كَالأَجَمِّlike the hornless one
نَتْرُكُ ذَا القَرْنَيْنِ كَالأَجَمِّ
to us, whenever the name-giver names the Khindif lineage.
When our armed warrior digs in
We leave the Two-Horned One like a hornless beast,
We will leave this two-horned one like a rock
مُكَسَّراًshattered عَنْaway from صَخْرِنَاour rock الأَصَمِّthe unyielding
مُكَسَّراً عَنْ صَخْرِنَا الأَصَمِّ
عَنْfrom صامِلfirm الأَرْكانِthe foundations مُجْلَخَمِّmassive
عَنْ صامِل الأَرْكانِ مُجْلَخَمِّ
shattered against our unyielding rock,
Broken against our unhearing stone
against a massive rock, firm in its foundations.
Against the pillar of sturdy pillars
نَكْسِرُwe break ضِرْسَthe molar of الهَقِمِthe huge brute القَهْقَمِّthe hulking
نَكْسِرُ ضِرْسَ الهَقِمِ القَهْقَمِّ
وَإِنْand if زَخَرْناwe surge كَعُبَابِlike the billows of اليَمِّthe sea
وَإِنْ زَخَرْنا كَعُبَابِ اليَمِّ
We break the molar of the huge, hulking brute.
We will break the molar of the crushing biter
And if we surge like the billows of the sea,
And if we boiled like the foam of the sea
عَضَّلَchokes فَرْغَthe spout of الواسِعِthe broad one الدِقَمِّthe massive one
عَضَّلَ فَرْغَ الواسِعِ الدِقَمِّ
مِنَّاfrom us مُجِيرُthe protector of الناسِpeople بِالمَضَمِّat the gathering place
مِنَّا مُجِيرُ الناسِ بِالمَضَمِّ
our surge chokes the spout of the broad, massive bucket.
It twists the expanse of the solid land
From us comes the protector of people at the gathering place,
Among us is the protector of people with strength
بِمَشْعَرِat the sacred landmark of المُعْرَّفِthe pilgrim station القِذَمِّthe spacious
بِمَشْعَرِ المُعْرَّفِ القِذَمِّ
وَالمُلْكُand kingship فِينَاamong us وَالإِمامُand the Imam الأُمِّيthe unlettered
وَالمُلْكُ فِينَا وَالإِمامُ الأُمِّي
at the sacred landmark of the spacious pilgrim station.
With the hair of familiar recognition
And kingship is among us, and the unlettered Imam
And leadership is among us and the leading Imam
لَنَاours وَفِينَاand within us مُخُّthe marrow of كُلِّevery رِمِّold bone
لَنَا وَفِينَا مُخُّ كُلِّ رِمِّ
is ours; and within us is the marrow of every ancient bone.
For us and in us lies the secret of all matters
Sol 6.1