لمنwhose الديارthe dwellings غَشيتُهاI visited them كالمُهرَقِlike a parchment
لمن الديار غَشيتُها كالمُهرَقِ
قَدُمتhave grown old وعهدُand the memory جديدهاtheir newness لمnot يُخلقِbe worn away
قَدُمت وعهدُ جديدها لم يُخلقِ
Whose are these dwellings I visited, like a parchment?
To those whose abodes I invaded like a burning flame,
They have grown old, yet the memory of their newness has not faded.
I came when their covenant was not yet made.
إنيindeed I يرانيsees me المُوعديَthe one threatening me كأننيas though I were
إني يراني المُوعديَ كأنني
فيin الحصنthe fortress منof نجرانNajran أوor فيin الأبلقِal-Ablaq
في الحصن من نجران أو في الأبلقِ
Indeed, the one who threatens me sees me as though I were
My enemies look at me as if I were
In the fortress of Najran, or in al-Ablaq,
In the fortress of Najran or Abalaq.
فيin يافعٍa lofty height دونbeneath السماءthe sky ممرَّدٍsmooth-walled
في يافعٍ دون السماء ممرَّدٍ
صَعبٍhard to scale تزلُّslip بهon it بنانُthe fingertips المرتقيof the climber
صَعبٍ تزلُّ به بنانُ المرتقي
In a lofty, smooth-walled stronghold beneath the sky,
In lofty Yafa, beneath the heavens outstretched
Hard to scale, where the climber’s fingertips slip.
And rugged where the climber's paths are difficult,
ويصدُّهُمand keeps them away عنيfrom me بأنّيbecause I am ماجدٌnoble
ويصدُّهُم عني بأنّي ماجدٌ
حسبيmy lineage وأصدُقُهمand I fight them in earnest إذاwhen ماemphatic particle نلتَقيwe meet
حسبي وأصدُقُهم إذا ما نلتَقي
And they are kept from me by the nobility
They try to bar me saying I am the glorious Majid
Of my lineage; I fight them in earnest when we meet.
I suffice myself and am truest when we meet.
وإذاand when عفَوتُI pardon عَفَوتI pardon عفواًa pardon بيِّناًclear
وإذا عفَوتُ عَفَوت عفواً بيِّناً
وإذاand when انتَصرتُI avenge myself بلغتُI reach رنقَthe murky dregs المُستقىof the watering place
وإذا انتَصرتُ بلغتُ رنقَ المُستقى
And when I pardon, I grant a clear and open pardon.
When I pardon, I pardon completely,
And when I avenge myself, I reach the watering place’s murky dregs.
And when I avenge, I reach the utmost vengeance.
Sol 6.1