أَنَصبٌAre they a target? لِلمَنِيَّةِfor death تَعتَريهِمit assails them
أَنَصبٌ لِلمَنِيَّةِ تَعتَريهِم
رِجاليmy men أَمor هُمُthey دَرجُthe paths السيولِof the torrents
رِجالي أَم هُمُ دَرجُ السيولِ
Are they a target for death that assails them—
Men destined for death's embrace
my men—or are they the paths of torrents?
Are they my men or just steps for the floods?