قدindeed رأيْناwe have seen الملوكَthe kings إنif سارmarched جيشٌan army
قد رأيْنا الملوكَ إن سار جيشٌ
كثَّبُواthey heaped up الكُثْبَthe mounds فيin الفَلاthe desert المطْرُوقِtraversed
كثَّبُوا الكُثْبَ في الفَلا المطْرُوقِ
We have seen kings, whenever an army marched,
We have seen kings, when an army marched,
heap up mounds in the traversed desert.
Stamp their feet into the soft sand.
فلذاso therefore سَنَّمُواthey raised into mounds الترابَthe earth علىover مَنwhoever
فلذا سَنَّمُوا الترابَ على مَن
ماتَdied رَمْزاًas a sign لِفَهْمfor understanding معنىًa meaning دقيقِsubtle
ماتَ رَمْزاً لِفَهْم معنىً دقيقِ
Thus they heaped earth over whoever
So we entombed the dust upon those
died, as a sign for grasping a subtle meaning:
Who died as a symbol of profound meaning.
إنindeed جيشَthe army of الخُطُوبthe calamities سارmarched وهذِيand these
إن جيشَ الخُطُوب سار وهذِي
سلبُهits spoils فاسْلكُواso follow سَواءَthe right course of الطَّرِيقِthe path
سلبُه فاسْلكُوا سَواءَ الطَّرِيقِ
Indeed, the army of calamities has marched, and these
Though the army of disasters marched on,
are its spoils; so follow the right path.
Plundering, take the middle path.
Sol 6.1