ياO ذاyou there المُخَوِّفَناwho threatens us بِقَتover killing (beginning)
يا ذا المُخَوِّفَنا بِقَت
لِkilling (completion) أَبيهِhis father إِذلالاًhumiliation وَحَيناand death
لِ أَبيهِ إِذلالاً وَحَينا
O man who threatens us over the killing
O you who frighten us with murder
of his father, with humiliation and death!
Humiliating his father at times
أَزَعَمتَhave you claimed? أَنَّكَthat you قَدalready قَتَلkilled (stem)
أَزَعَمتَ أَنَّكَ قَد قَتَل
تَyou (verb ending) سَراتَناour chiefs كَذِباًlying وَمَيناand falsehood
تَ سَراتَنا كَذِباً وَمَينا
Have you claimed that you have killed
You claimed that you had killed
our chiefs? Lies and falsehood!
Our noblemen, falsely and treacherously
هَلّاwhy not عَلىover حُجرِHujr بنِson of أُmother (beginning)
هَلّا عَلى حُجرِ بنِ أُ
مِّmother (completion) قَطامٍQatam تَبكيyou weep لاnot عَلَيناover us
مِّ قَطامٍ تَبكي لا عَلَينا
Why not for Hujr, son of Umm
Why don’t you weep on the lap of the son
Qatam, shed tears, not for us?
Of Qatam, not for our sake
إِنّاindeed, we إِذاwhen عَضَّbites الثِقاthe spear-straightening clamp (beginning)
إِنّا إِذا عَضَّ الثِقا
فُclamp (completion) بِرَأسِat the head of صَعدَتِناour lance لَوَيناwe twist
فُ بِرَأسِ صَعدَتِنا لَوَينا
Indeed, when the straightening clamp bites
When the loyal one bites
the head of our lance, we twist away.
The top of our mountain we bend
نَحميwe protect حَقيقَتَناour honor وَبَعand some (beginning)
نَحمي حَقيقَتَنا وَبَع
ضُsome (completion) القَومِthe people يَسقُطُfalls بَينَbetween بَيناbetween (repeated)
ضُ القَومِ يَسقُطُ بَينَ بَينا
We guard our honor, while some
We protect our truth and some
men fall, caught in between.
Of the people fall between us
هَلّاwhy not سَأَلتَyou asked جُموعَthe hosts of كِنKinda (beginning)
هَلّا سَأَلتَ جُموعَ كِن
دَةَKinda (completion) يَومَthe day وَلَّواthey turned and fled أَينَwhere? أَيناwhere? (repeated)
دَةَ يَومَ وَلَّوا أَينَ أَينا
Why not ask the hosts of Kinda
Why didn’t you ask the armies
where—oh where—they fled that day,
Of Kindah, the day they turned away where
أَيّامَin the days when نَضرِبُwe strike هامَهُمtheir heads
أَيّامَ نَضرِبُ هامَهُم
بِبَواتِرٍwith cleaving swords حَتّىuntil اِنحَنَيناwe bent low
بِبَواتِرٍ حَتّى اِنحَنَينا
when we were striking their heads
The days we strike their protectors
with cleaving swords, until we bent low?
With bright swords until we bowed
وَجُموعَand the hosts of غَسّانَGhassan المُلوthe kings (beginning)
وَجُموعَ غَسّانَ المُلو
كَkings (completion) أَتَينَهُمthey (feminine) came to them وَقَدِand already اِنطَوَيناwe had grown lean
كَ أَتَينَهُم وَقَدِ اِنطَوَينا
And the hosts of Ghassan, the kings—
And the armies of Ghassan the kings
our mares reached them while we had grown lean,
Came to them while we retired
لُحُقاًlean أَياطِلُهُنَّtheir flanks قَدalready
لُحُقاً أَياطِلُهُنَّ قَد
عالَجنَthey (feminine) endured أَسفاراًjourneys وَأَيناand exhaustion
عالَجنَ أَسفاراً وَأَينا
their flanks gaunt; they had
Afterwards their women who
endured journeys and exhaustion.
Faced long journeys and where
وَلَقَدand indeed صَلَقناwe smote هَوازِناًHawazin
وَلَقَد صَلَقنا هَوازِناً
بِنَواهِلٍwith thirsty weapons حَتّىuntil اِرتَوَيناwe drank our fill
بِنَواهِلٍ حَتّى اِرتَوَينا
Indeed, we smote Hawazin
And we made Hawazin sleepy
with thirsty weapons, until we drank our fill.
With spears until we were satisfied
نُعليهِمُwe raise over them تَحتَbeneath الضَبابِthe haze
نُعليهِمُ تَحتَ الضَبابِ
المَشرَفِيَّthe Mashrafi sword إِذاwhen اِعتَزَيناwe proclaim our lineage
المَشرَفِيَّ إِذا اِعتَزَينا
We raise over them, beneath the haze,
We raise them under the overlooking
the Mashrafi sword, when we proclaim our lineage.
Fog when we become proud
نَحنُwe الأولىthe ones جَمِّعmuster جُموhosts (beginning)
نَحنُ الأولى جَمِّع جُمو
عاًhosts (completion) ثُمَّthen وَجِّهُّهُمdirect them إِلَيناtoward us
عاً ثُمَّ وَجِّهُّهُم إِلَينا
We are the ones: muster your hosts,
We are the first who gathered the
then send them against us.
Armies then sent them to us
وَاِعلَمand know بِأَنَّthat جِيادَناour steeds
وَاِعلَم بِأَنَّ جِيادَنا
آلَينَthey (mares) have sworn لاnot يَقضينَthey (mares) repay دَيناa debt
آلَينَ لا يَقضينَ دَينا
And know that our steeds
And know that our stallions
have sworn to repay no debt.
Are determined, they don’t fail a debt
وَلَقَدand indeed أَبَحناwe laid open to plunder ماwhat حَمَيguarded (stem)
وَلَقَد أَبَحنا ما حَمَي
تَyou (verb ending) وَلاand no مُبيحَone who opens to plunder لِماof what حَمَيناwe protected
تَ وَلا مُبيحَ لِما حَمَينا
Indeed, we laid open to plunder what you guarded,
And we discussed what you protected
and none can lay open what we guard.
And none permits what we protected
هَذاthis وَلَوand if قَدَرَتhad power عَلَيكَover you
هَذا وَلَو قَدَرَت عَلَيكَ
رِماحُthe spears of قَوميmy people ماnot اِنتَهَيناwe stopped
رِماحُ قَومي ما اِنتَهَينا
This—and had you been within reach
And if the spears of my people
of my people's spears, we would not have stopped
Reached you we wouldn't stop
حَتّىuntil تَنوشَكَthey reach you نَوشَةًa single strike
حَتّى تَنوشَكَ نَوشَةً
عاداتِهِنَّtheir usual ways إِذاwhen اِنتَوَيناwe resolved
عاداتِهِنَّ إِذا اِنتَوَينا
until they reached you with a thrust,
Until you have a drink like
as is their wont whenever we resolve.
Their habits when we intend
نُغليwe make costly السِباءَwine-buying بِكُلِّfor every عاaged (beginning)
نُغلي السِباءَ بِكُلِّ عا
تِقَةٍaged (completion) شَمولٍwine ماas long as صَحَوناwe are sober
تِقَةٍ شَمولٍ ما صَحَونا
We pay dearly for every aged
We cook the prisoners with every
wine, so long as we are sober.
Old and new we didn't wake up from
وَنُهينُand we squander فيin لَذّاتِهاits pleasures
وَنُهينُ في لَذّاتِها
عُظمَthe bulk التِلادِancestral wealth إِذاwhen اِنتَشَيناwe become drunk
عُظمَ التِلادِ إِذا اِنتَشَينا
And in its pleasures we squander
And we forbid them the pleasures
the bulk of our ancestral wealth when we grow drunk.
Of reproduction when we are aroused
لاnot يَبلُغُcan attain البانيthe builder وَلَوand even if
لا يَبلُغُ الباني وَلَو
رَفَعَhe raises الدَعائِمَthe pillars ماwhat بَنَيناwe built
رَفَعَ الدَعائِمَ ما بَنَينا
No builder can attain—even if
The builder won't reach, even
he raises the pillars—what we have built.
If he raised the pillars, what we built
كَمhow many مِنof رَئيسٍa chief قَدindeed قَتَلkilled (stem)
كَم مِن رَئيسٍ قَد قَتَل
ناهُwe ... him (verb ending) وَضَيمٍand oppression قَدindeed أَبَيناwe refused
ناهُ وَضَيمٍ قَد أَبَينا
How many a chief have we slain,
How many chiefs we killed
and how many a wrong have we refused!
And injustice we refused
وَلَرُبَّand indeed many a سَيِّدِlord مَعشَرٍa clan
وَلَرُبَّ سَيِّدِ مَعشَرٍ
ضَخمِgreat الدَسيعَةِbounty قَدindeed رَمَيناwe struck
ضَخمِ الدَسيعَةِ قَد رَمَينا
And many a lord of a clan,
And many masters of large
great in bounty, we have struck,
Tribes we threw
عِقبانُهُhis eagles بِظِلالِin the shadows of عِقeagles (beginning)
عِقبانُهُ بِظِلالِ عِق
بانٍeagles (completion) تَيَمَّمُheading toward ماwhat نَوَيناwe intended
بانٍ تَيَمَّمُ ما نَوَينا
his eagles beneath the shadows of eagles
Their eagles roam what
heading for what we intended,
We intend with the shadows of eagles
حَتّىuntil تَرَكناwe left شِلوَهُhis torn body
حَتّى تَرَكنا شِلوَهُ
جَزَرَmeat for السِباعِwild beasts وَقَدand already مَضَيناwe went on
جَزَرَ السِباعِ وَقَد مَضَينا
until we left his torn body
Until we left Silwah
as meat for wild beasts, and went on our way.
To the islands of beasts and we passed
وَأَوانِسٍand maidens مِثلِlike الدُمىstatues
وَأَوانِسٍ مِثلِ الدُمى
حورِvividly white and black العُيونِeyes قَدِindeed اِستَبَيناwe took captive
حورِ العُيونِ قَدِ اِستَبَينا
And maidens, like statues,
And beautiful women like the
with eyes of vivid black and white, we have taken captive.
Black-eyed houris we saw clear
إِنّاindeed, we لَعَمرُكَby your life لاnot يُضاis wronged (beginning)
إِنّا لَعَمرُكَ لا يُضا
مُis wronged (completion) حَليفُناour ally أَبَداًever لَدَيناwith us
مُ حَليفُنا أَبَداً لَدَينا
Indeed, by your life, no wrong is done
By your life, our ally
to our ally, ever, in our midst.
Will never be harmed near us
Sol 6.1