إِنّيindeed, I كَسانيclothed me أَبوfather of قابوسَQabus مُرفَلَةًa long, trailing coat of mail
إِنّي كَساني أَبو قابوسَ مُرفَلَةً
كَأَنَّهاas though it were سَلخُshed skin أَبكارِyoung ones المَخارِيطِthe serpents
كَأَنَّها سَلخُ أَبكارِ المَخارِيطِ
Indeed, Abū Qābūs has clothed me in a long, trailing robe,
Indeed, Abu Qabus clothed me in a long, trailing coat of mail,
as though it were the sloughed skin of young, slender snakes.
As though it were the shed skin of young serpents.
