إِذاif مَاan emphatic particle رَأتsaw عَيناهُhis two eyes يوماًone day وَلِيمَةًa feast
إِذا مَا رَأت عَيناهُ يوماً وَلِيمَةً
جَرىhe ran مِثلlike خُذروفِa whirligig الوليدِthe child المُثَقّبperforated
جَرى مِثل خُذروفِ الوليدِ المُثَقّب
If his eyes ever catch sight of a feast,
When his eyes see a feast one day,
he races like a child's perforated whirligig,
he runs like a newborn baby goat with a pierced nose,
فيَأكُلُهَاso he eats it منfrom حينِهِhis moment وَلَوand even if أَنَّهاthat it is
فيَأكُلُهَا من حينِهِ وَلَو أَنَّها
رُدَينيّةٌa Rudayni spear فيهاin it أَسِنّةspearheads قَعضبQaʿḍab
رُدَينيّةٌ فيها أَسِنّة قَعضب
then devours it at once, even if it were
and he would eat it up in an instant, even if
a Rudayni spear bearing Qaʿḍab's spearheads.
it were a coat of mail with biting blades.
تَبَارَكَblessed be رَبِّيmy Lord حِينَwhen صَوَّرHe fashioned خَلقَهhis form
تَبَارَكَ رَبِّي حِينَ صَوَّر خَلقَه
مَجرّa thoroughfare جُيُوشٍarmies غَانِمِينَthose bearing spoils وخُيّبand those empty-handed
مَجرّ جُيُوشٍ غَانِمِينَ وخُيّب
Blessed be my Lord: when He fashioned his form,
Blessed is my Lord when He created His creatures
He made it a thoroughfare for armies—some bearing spoils, some empty-handed.
As a swarm of victorious warriors and vanquished cowards.
Sol 6.1