يَحميhe protects ذِمارَهُمُtheir honor فيin كُلِّevery مُفظِعَةٍdreadful calamity
يَحمي ذِمارَهُمُ في كُلِّ مُفظِعَةٍ
كَماjust as تَعَرَّضَinterposed itself دونَbefore الخيسَةِthe thicket الأَسَدُthe lion
كَما تَعَرَّضَ دونَ الخيسَةِ الأَسَدُ
He protects their honor in every dreadful calamity,
As a lion bars the way before its thicket.
صَقرٌa falcon إِذاwhen مَعشَرٌa company of people يَوماًone day بَداappeared لَهُمُto them
صَقرٌ إِذا مَعشَرٌ يَوماً بَدا لَهُمُ
مِنَof الأَنامِhumankind وَإِنand even if عَزّواthey were mighty وَإِنand even if مَجَدواthey were illustrious
مِنَ الأَنامِ وَإِن عَزّوا وَإِن مَجَدوا
A falcon—should he one day appear to a company
Of humankind, however mighty and illustrious they are,
رَأَيتَهُمyou saw them خُشَّعَdowncast الأَبصارِthe eyes هَيبَتهُawe of him
رَأَيتَهُم خُشَّعَ الأَبصارِ هَيبَتهُ
كَماjust as استكانَyielded لِضَوءِto the light of الشارِقِthe rising sun الرَمِدُthe sore-eyed man
كَما استكانَ لِضَوءِ الشارِقِ الرَمِدُ
You see them with eyes cast down in awe of him,
As a sore-eyed man yields to the rising sun's light.
Translation model: Sol 6.1