أمسستyou caused to feel شبليكyour two lion cubs فيin حقthe cause of الهدىguidance ألماًpain
أمسست شبليك في حق الهدى ألماً
لولاwere it not for الهدىguidance لسفكناwe would have shed فيهfor it ألفa thousand دمblood
لولا الهدى لسفكنا فيه ألف دم
You made your two lion cubs feel pain for guidance's sake.
Your youth has caused me pain in the name of guidance
Were it not for guidance, we would have shed a thousand lives' blood for it.
Without guidance, we would have shed thousands of blood
جلوتyou polished سيفاًa sword ليرتاحso that he might delight الشجاعthe brave man لهin it
جلوت سيفاً ليرتاح الشجاع له
شذبتyou pruned غصناًa branch لتنميso that you might increase قامةthe stature of النسمhuman beings
شذبت غصناً لتنمي قامة النسم
You polished a sword so that the brave man might delight in it.
I have concealed a sword so the brave may find rest in it
You pruned a branch to increase humankind's stature.
I have trimmed a branch to let the breeze grow tall