كانَthere was; with لِي, “I had” ليto or for me رُكنٌa pillar or mainstay شَديدٌstrong and mighty
كانَ لي رُكنٌ شَديدٌ
وَقَعَتand struck or fell upon فيهِupon it الزَلازِلthe earthquakes
وَقَعَت فيهِ الزَلازِل
I had a mighty pillar;
and earthquakes struck it.
زَعزَعَتهُshook it violently نُوَبُthe recurring vicissitudes or calamities الدَهرِof time or fate
زَعزَعَتهُ نُوَبُ الدَهرِ
وَكَرّاتُand the repeated assaults النَوازِلof calamities and disasters
وَكَرّاتُ النَوازِل
The vicissitudes of time shook it,
as did calamities’ repeated assaults.
ماhow can; literally, what endurance بَقاءُthe endurance or continued existence الحَجَرِof the stone الصَلدِsolid and unyielding
ما بَقاءُ الحَجَرِ الصَلدِ
عَلىunder or against وَقعِthe impact or blows المَعاوِلof the pickaxes
عَلى وَقعِ المَعاوِل
How can solid stone endure
beneath the blows of pickaxes?
Translation model: Sol 5.6