إذاif قصدَseeks العَوفيal-Awfi وجهاًan aspect منof العُلىeminence
إذا قصدَ العَوفي وجهاً من العُلى
فكنthen be عنهaway from him إنif رُمتyou seek السلامةَsafety حائِداkeeping clear
فكن عنه إن رُمت السلامةَ حائِدا
If al-Awfi seeks some aspect of eminence,
If Al-Awfi aims for the heights of glory,
then keep clear of him if you seek safety.
Turn away, if you seek safety, giving him wide berth.
فماfor no واحدٌsingle one منof آلthe house of عوفِAwf بنson of عامرٍAmir
فما واحدٌ من آل عوفِ بن عامرٍ
بتاركِat all relinquishing مجدٍglory أنso as to يَرىhe sees فيهin it واحِداsomeone alone
بتاركِ مجدٍ أن يَرى فيه واحِدا
For no one of the house of Awf ibn Amir
For not one man of Awaf ibn Amir’s clan
will yield glory to see another alone in it.
Would forsake glory, were he to see but one.
وعوفٌand Awf كثيرnumerous فيin العِدادnumbers وفيand in العُلىeminence
وعوفٌ كثير في العِداد وفي العُلى
ولكننيbut I أعنيmean بذلكَby that حامِداHamid
ولكنني أعني بذلكَ حامِدا
And Awf is numerous in numbers and in eminence,
And though many Awfs there are, high and mighty,
but by that I mean Hamid.
By this name here I mean only Hâmid.
Sol 6.1