هَلDid …? دَرىknow القَبرُthe grave المُضيءُshining سَناهُits radiance
هَل دَرى القَبرُ المُضيءُ سَناهُ
أَيَّwhat غِطريفٍnoble lord مِنَfrom among القَومِthe people آوىit sheltered
أَيَّ غِطريفٍ مِنَ القَومِ آوى
Did the grave, whose radiance shines, know
Does the grave, luminous with his splendor, know
What noble lord among the people it sheltered?
What manner of noble lord it has come to shelter?
كانَused to يَرتاعُbe frightened أَبوfather of الشبلِthe lion cub مِنهُof him
كانَ يَرتاعُ أَبو الشبلِ مِنهُ
كُلَّماwhenever صالَhe charged فَكَيفَso how اِبنُson of آوىĀwā (in ibn Āwā: jackal)
كُلَّما صالَ فَكَيفَ اِبنُ آوى
The lion would take fright at him
The lion used to recoil in terror of him
Whenever he charged—how much more the jackal?
Whenever he charged; so how then the jackal?