إِنَّindeed القداحَthe lot-arrows أَمرُهاtheir affair عَجيبُwondrous
إِنَّ القداحَ أَمرُها عَجيبُ
الفَذُّthe Fadhdh lot-arrow وَالتَوأَمُand the Taw’am lot-arrow وَالرَقيبُand the Raqīb lot-arrow
الفَذُّ وَالتَوأَمُ وَالرَقيبُ
Truly, the affair of the gaming arrows is wondrous:
Indeed, the affair of the lot-arrows is wondrous:
al-Fadhdh, al-Tawʾam, and al-Raqīb;
Al-Fadhdh, al-Taw’am, and al-Raqīb,
وَالحِلسُand the Ḥils lot-arrow ثُمَّthen النافِسُthe Nāfis lot-arrow المُصيبُthe winning one
وَالحِلسُ ثُمَّ النافِسُ المُصيبُ
وَالمصفحand the Muṣfaḥ lot-arrow المُشتَهرthe renowned النَجيبُthe noble
وَالمصفح المُشتَهر النَجيبُ
and al-Ḥils, then al-Nāfis, the unerring one;
And al-Ḥils, then al-Nāfis, the winning one,
and al-Muṣaffaḥ, renowned and noble;
And al-Muṣfaḥ, the renowned, noble one,
ثُمَّthen المُعَلّىthe Muʿallā lot-arrow حَظُّهُits share التَرغيبُenticement
ثُمَّ المُعَلّى حَظُّهُ التَرغيبُ
هاكَhere you are فَقَدfor indeed جاءَcame بِهاwith them التَرتيبُthe sequence
هاكَ فَقَد جاءَ بِها التَرتيبُ
then al-Muʿallā—its share is the coveted prize.
Then al-Muʿallā—its share is an enticement.
There you have them: the sequence has set them forth.
Here you are: the sequence has indeed brought them forth.