فياso, oh! لَهُfor him (exclamatory) مِنْof نَحيفٍa slender man
فيا لَهُ مِنْ نَحيفٍ
قدْindeed صارَhas become ضخمَgreat المعاليlofty attainments
قدْ صارَ ضخمَ المعالي
So, what a slender man he is,
Oh how skinny he was
who has become great in lofty attainments!
Yet now so grand in stature
والسهمُand the arrow أبعدُfarther مرمىrange
والسهمُ أبعدُ مرمى
منَthan الرماحِthe spears الطوالِlong
منَ الرماحِ الطوالِ
And the arrow has a farther range
The arrow flies farther
than long spears.
Than the longest of spears