لَوif أَنَّنيthat I لَمdid not أَنَلI receive مِنكُمfrom you (plural) مُعاقَبَةًpunishment
لَو أَنَّني لَم أَنَل مِنكُم مُعاقَبَةً
إِلّاexcept السِنانَthe spearhead لَذاقَwould have tasted المَوتَdeath مَطعونُone pierced
إِلّا السِنانَ لَذاقَ المَوتَ مَطعونُ
If I had received no punishment from you
except the spearhead, a pierced man would have tasted death.
أَوor لاnot شَتَمتُI reviled فَإِنّيfor indeed I قَدindeed هَمَمتُI contemplated بِهِof it
أَو لا شَتَمتُ فَإِنّي قَد هَمَمتُ بِهِ
بِالسَيفِwith the sword إِنَّindeed خَطيبَsuitor السَيفِthe sword مَجنونُmad
بِالسَيفِ إِنَّ خَطيبَ السَيفِ مَجنونُ
Or I would not have reviled, for I had indeed contemplated it
with the sword; indeed, one who courts the sword is mad.
Sol 6.1