أَتواthey came بِمَخالِبِwith claws الآسادِthe lions سُلَّتwere torn out
أَتوا بِمَخالِبِ الآسادِ سُلَّت
بَراثِنُهاtheir talons وَأَشلاءِand shreds of الجُلودِthe hides
بَراثِنُها وَأَشلاءِ الجُلودِ
They came with lions’ claws—torn out
were their talons—and with shreds of hides.
وَأَيُّand which مُمَنَّعٍwell-defended one يَأبىresists عَليهِمagainst them
وَأَيُّ مُمَنَّعٍ يَأبى عَليهِم
إِذاwhen آبواthey returned بِأَسلابِwith the spoils of الأُسودِthe lions
إِذا آبوا بِأَسلابِ الأُسودِ
And who, however well defended, could resist them
When they returned with the spoils of lions?