أَخوbrother of الحَربِwar كَالوافِرِالدائِريّlike the Wāfir in its metrical circle
أَخو الحَربِ كَالوافِرِالدائِريّ
أَعضَبُhorn-broken; affected by ʿaḍb فيin الخَطبِadversity أَوor أَعقَصُtwisted-horned; affected by ʿaqṣ
أَعضَبُ في الخَطبِ أَو أَعقَصُ
War’s brother is like the Wāfir in its metrical circle:
horn-broken in adversity, or twisted-horned.
يُرىis seen كامِلُKāmil; complete سالِمِهِhis sound, intact form كامِلاًcomplete
يُرى كامِلُ سالِمِهِ كامِلاً
فَيَخزَلُthen it is crippled (khazl) بِالدَهرِby time أَوor يوقَصُhas its neck broken (waqṣ)
فَيَخزَلُ بِالدَهرِ أَو يوقَصُ
His sound Kāmil is seen as complete,
then time cripples it or breaks its neck.
وَمَنand who لَكَfor you بِالعَيشِwith life فيin غُرَّةٍheedlessness; unwariness
وَمَن لَكَ بِالعَيشِ في غُرَّةٍ
تَظَلُّremain; continue مَطاياكَyour mounts لاnot تَرقُصُdance; prance
تَظَلُّ مَطاياكَ لا تَرقُصُ
And who can assure you a life of heedless ease,
with your mounts never prancing?
وَإِنَّكَand indeed you are مُقتَضَبُMuqtaḍab; curtailed الشَعرِverse (contextually; ‘hair’ as vocalized) لاnot
وَإِنَّكَ مُقتَضَبُ الشَعرِ لا
يُزادُis increased بِحالٍin any circumstance وَلاand not; nor يُنقَصُis diminished
يُزادُ بِحالٍ وَلا يُنقَصُ
And indeed you are verse’s Muqtaḍab—not
increased in any way, nor diminished.