حَدِيدُkeen النَّاظِرْof gaze أحْوَرْdark-eyed
حَدِيدُ النَّاظِرْ أحْوَرْ
رَنَاhe gazed عَنْfrom سَيْفthe sword of عَنْتَرْʿAntar فَهَبَّرْthen he hacked to pieces
رَنَا عَنْ سَيْف عَنْتَرْ فَهَبَّرْ
Keen of gaze, dark-eyed,
He glanced with ʿAntar’s sword, then hewed;
وَقَوْسُand the bow الحَاجِبْof the eyebrow أوْتَرْhe strung
وَقَوْسُ الحَاجِبْ أوْتَرْ
وَفَوَّقْand he nocked سَهْمthe arrow of قَيْصَرْCaesar وَشَنْتَرْand he tore to pieces
وَفَوَّقْ سَهْم قَيْصَرْ وَشَنْتَرْ
And he strung the bow of his eyebrow,
And nocked Caesar’s arrow, and rent asunder.
Sol 6.1