ثقيلةُheavy ردفٍof rump قصدهاher intention قتلتيkilling me بهِwith it
ثقيلةُ ردفٍ قصدها قتلتي بهِ
فقلتُso I said لهاto her إنْif تقتليyou kill النفسَa soul تُقتليyou shall be killed
فقلتُ لها إنْ تقتلي النفسَ تُقتلي
Heavy of rump, she means to kill me with it.
So I told her, “If you kill a soul, you shall be killed.”
فقالتْso she said ترىyou see نعمانُNuʿmān (evoking anemones) خدِّيof my cheek ابنُson of ثابتٍThābit
فقالتْ ترى نعمانُ خدِّي ابنُ ثابتٍ
وماand there is no مِنْany (emphasizing negation) قصاصٍretaliation in kind عندَهُin his judgment بمُثَقَّلِwith a heavy blunt object
وما مِنْ قصاصٍ عندَهُ بمُثَقَّلِ
She said, “You see, my cheek’s Nuʿmān is Ibn Thābit,
and in his judgment, no retaliation is due for killing with a heavy blunt object.”