إِنَّindeed اللَياليthe nights نَجَتescaped to safety بيwith me فَهيَso they are مُحسِنَةٌkind
إِنَّ اللَيالي نَجَت بي فَهيَ مُحسِنَةٌ
لاno شَكَّdoubt فيهِabout it مِنَّfrom الدَيماسِthe dungeon وَالأَسَدِand the lion
لا شَكَّ فيهِ مِنَّ الدَيماسِ وَالأَسَدِ
Truly, the nights delivered me, and so have dealt kindly with me—
Indeed, the nights have carried me to safety—and so have been kind,
without a doubt—from the dungeon and the lion.
Beyond all doubt—from the dungeon and the lion.
وَأَطلَقَتنيand they freed me مِنَfrom الأَصفادِthe shackles مُخرِجَةًbringing out
وَأَطلَقَتني مِنَ الأَصفادِ مُخرِجَةً
مِنfrom حَولِthe surroundings of سِجنٍa prison شَديدِfierce البَأسِmight ذيhaving رَصَدِguards
مِن حَولِ سِجنٍ شَديدِ البَأسِ ذي رَصَدِ
They loosed me from the fetters, bringing me out
And freed me from the shackles, bringing me out
from the confines of a formidable prison, guarded by sentries.
From the precincts of a formidable prison kept under guard.
كَأَنَّas though ساكِنَهُits inmate حَيّاًalive حَشاشَتُهُhis last spark of life
كَأَنَّ ساكِنَهُ حَيّاً حَشاشَتُهُ
مَيتٌa dead man تَرَدَّدَcoursed مِنهُfrom him السمُّthe poison فيin الجَسَدِthe body
مَيتٌ تَرَدَّدَ مِنهُ السمُّ في الجَسَدِ
As though its dweller were alive, while his life's innermost spark
As though its inmate, with a last spark of life still in him,
were dead—the prison's poison coursing through the body.
Were a dead man through whose body poison had coursed.
