إِذاif ماemphatic particle قَذاةٌa speck of dirt عارَضَتobstructed لِيَfor me مَورِداًa watering place
إِذا ما قَذاةٌ عارَضَت لِيَ مَورِداً
تَحامَيتُهُI avoided it وَالنَفسُand the soul قَدalready صادَهاensnared it الصَدىthirst
تَحامَيتُهُ وَالنَفسُ قَد صادَها الصَدى
If I encounter a speck of dirt at a watering place,
When a speck obstructs my path
I shun it, though thirst has already ensnared my soul.
I brush it aside though my soul protests
فَكَيفَthen how أَخٌa brother مِنfrom غَيرِother than أُمٍّa mother وَلاnor أَبٍa father
فَكَيفَ أَخٌ مِن غَيرِ أُمٍّ وَلا أَبٍ
إِذاwhen ماemphatic particle جَموحُunruliness التيهِarrogance جازَpassed beyond بِهِwith him المَدىthe limit
إِذا ما جَموحُ التيهِ جازَ بِهِ المَدى
Then what of a brother who shares neither mother nor father with me,
How then a brother not of my mother or sire
When unbridled arrogance has carried him beyond bounds?
When lost in the desert the miles onward press
Sol 6.1