وَفَرَّand he fled مِنَfrom الحَربِthe war العَوانِrenewed وَلَمand did not يَكُنbe
وَفَرَّ مِنَ الحَربِ العَوانِ وَلَم يَكُن
بِهاin it حاتِمُHatim طَيّاًunclear; perhaps ‘adept’ (طِبّاً) وَلاnor مُتَطَبَّباa would-be physician
بِها حاتِمُ طَيّاً وَلا مُتَطَبَّبا
And he fled the renewed war, and neither was
He fled from war though no coward was Hatem,
Hatim adept in it (reading uncertain), nor a would-be physician.
Nor was he sick or wounded in the fray.
وَرَيّبَand caused to doubt حصناًHisn بَعدَafter أَنthat كانَhe had been آبِياًdefiant
وَرَيّبَ حصناً بَعدَ أَن كانَ آبِياً
أَبُوَّةُforefathers حِصنٍof Hisn فَاِستَقالَso he sought release وَأَعتَباand made amends
أَبُوَّةُ حِصنٍ فَاِستَقالَ وَأَعتَبا
And Hisn was made to doubt, after he had been defiant,
Yet he who was so bold became afraid
by Hisn’s forefathers; so he sought release and made amends.
A fortress fears when walls begin to sway.
أَقِمstay فيamong بَنيthe sons of بَدرٍBadr وَلاand no ماnot يَهُمُّناconcerns us
أَقِم في بَني بَدرٍ وَلا ما يَهُمُّنا
إِذاwhen ماan emphatic particle تَقَضَّتcame to an end حَربُناour war أَنthat تَطرَباyou rejoice
إِذا ما تَقَضَّت حَربُنا أَن تَطرَبا
Stay among Banu Badr; no, it does not concern us,
Stay with the sons of Badr, no more heed
once our war has ended, that you rejoice.
These wars; when bloodshed ends you'll dance and play.
Sol 6.1