وَآلُand the family of الزُبَيرِal-Zubayr بَنوsons of حُرَّةٍa freeborn woman
وَآلُ الزُبَيرِ بَنو حُرَّةٍ
مَرَواthey milked بِالسُيوفِwith the swords صُدوراًbreasts خِنافاturned aside
مَرَوا بِالسُيوفِ صُدوراً خِنافا
And al-Zubayr's kin are sons of a freeborn woman,
With swords they milked blood from averted breasts.
سَلِask الجُردَthe sleek horses عَنهُمabout them وَأَيّامَهاand their battle-days
سَلِ الجُردَ عَنهُم وَأَيّامَها
إِذاwhen اِمتَعَطواthey unsheathed المُرهَفاتِthe keen blades الخِفافاthe light ones
إِذا اِمتَعَطوا المُرهَفاتِ الخِفافا
Ask the sleek horses and their battle-days about them,
When they unsheathed the keen, light blades.
يَموتونَthey die وَالقَتلُand being slain داءٌa malady لَهُمfor them
يَموتونَ وَالقَتلُ داءٌ لَهُم
وَيَصلونَand they face يَومَthe day of السِيافِswordplay السِيافاthe swords
وَيَصلونَ يَومَ السِيافِ السِيافا
They die, and being slain is their malady,
And on the day of swordplay they face the swords.
إِذاwhen فَرَّجَopens gaps القَتلُslaughter عَنfrom عيصهمtheir thicket (clan)
إِذا فَرَّجَ القَتلُ عَن عيصهم
أَبىrefuses ذلِكَthat العيصُthe thicket إِلّاexcept اِلتِفافاdense growth
أَبى ذلِكَ العيصُ إِلّا اِلتِفافا
When slaughter opens gaps in their thicket,
That thicket insists on growing dense.
مَطاعيمُlavish hosts تُحمَدare praised أَبياتُهُمtheir homes
مَطاعيمُ تُحمَد أَبياتُهُم
إِذاwhen قُنِّعare veiled الشاهقاتُthe lofty peaks الطخافاthe clouds
إِذا قُنِّع الشاهقاتُ الطخافا
Lavish hosts, whose homes are praised,
When lofty peaks are veiled in clouds.
وَأَجبَنُand more timid منthan صافِرٍa whistling bird كلبُهُمtheir dog
وَأَجبَنُ من صافِرٍ كلبُهُم
إِذاif قَرَعتُهُstrikes it حَصاةٌa pebble أَضافاit flees in fear
إِذا قَرَعتُهُ حَصاةٌ أَضافا
And their dog is more timid than a whistling bird:
If a pebble strikes it, it flees in fear.
Translation model: Sol 6.1