مُصعَبٌMus‘ab كانَwas مِنكَthan you أَمضىmore resolute بَعيداًby far
مُصعَبٌ كانَ مِنكَ أَمضى بَعيداً
حينَwhen يُغشيhe makes enter القَبائِلَthe tribes الأَنهاراthe rivers
حينَ يُغشي القَبائِلَ الأَنهارا
Mus‘ab was far more resolute than you,
Mus'ab once went far from you
when he drove the tribes into the rivers.
When rivers cover the tribes
لَوif شَدَدناwe had strengthened مِنof ناظِرَيهِhis two eyes قَليلاًa little
لَو شَدَدنا مِن ناظِرَيهِ قَليلاً
لَبَنيناwe would have built مِنَfrom الرُؤوسِthe heads مَناراa beacon
لَبَنينا مِنَ الرُؤوسِ مَنارا
Had we strengthened his gaze a little,
If we had tightened our gaze a little
we would have built a beacon out of heads.
We would have built minarets from the heads
Sol 6.1