مُذْsince كَفَرdenied العَذولُthe reproacher حسنthe beauty of الرَّشاthe young gazelle
مُذْ كَفَر العَذولُ حسن الرَّشا
بِجهْلهِthrough his ignorance المركَّبِcompounded الوافِرِabundant
بِجهْلهِ المركَّبِ الوافِرِ
Since the reproacher denied the young gazelle’s beauty,
through his abundant, compounded ignorance,
راشَhe fletched لهُfor him سَهْماًan arrow أصابَstruck الحَشاthe heart
راشَ لهُ سَهْماً أصابَ الحَشا
تعمُّداًdeliberately منْfrom لحظِهِhis glance السّاحِرِbewitching
تعمُّداً منْ لحظِهِ السّاحِرِ
he fletched an arrow for him that struck the heart,
deliberately, from his bewitching glance.
لاdo not تقتُلنَّهُkill him (emphatic) ففيfor in مَذْهَبيmy school of thought
لا تقتُلنَّهُ ففي مَذْهَبي
لاnot يُقتَلis put to death المُؤمِنُthe believer بالكافِرِfor killing the unbeliever
لا يُقتَل المُؤمِنُ بالكافِرِ
Do not kill him, for in my school of thought
a believer is not put to death for killing an unbeliever.