Sol 6.1

  1. بَني زُرارَةَ لَو صَحَّت طَرائِقُكُم

    لَكُنتُمُ عِندَنا في المَنزِلِ الداني

    O sons of Zurara, had your ways been sound,

    you would have held a place close to us.

  2. لَكِن جَهِلتُم لَدَينا حَقَّ أَنفُسَكُم

    وَباعَ بائِعُكُم رِبحاً بِخُسرانِ

    But you did not recognize your own due with us,

    and your trader bartered gain for loss.

  3. فَإِن تَكونوا بَراءً مِن جِنايَتِهِ

    فَإِنَّ مَن رَفَدَ الجاني هُوَ الجاني

    So if you are innocent of his offense,

    whoever aids the wrongdoer is himself a wrongdoer.

  4. مابالُكُم يا أَقَلَّ اللَهِ خَيرَكُمُ

    لاتَغضَبونَ لِهَذا الموثَقِ العاني

    What ails you—may God diminish your good fortune—

    that you feel no anger for this bound captive?

  5. جارٌ نَزَعناهُ قَسراً في بُيوتُكُمُ

    وَالخَيلُ تَعصِبُ فُرساناً بِفُرسانِ

    A neighbor under your protection, whom we seized by force within your homes,

    while the horses pressed horsemen against horsemen,

  6. إِذ لاتَرُدّونَ عَن أَكنافِ أَهلِكُمُ

    شَوازِبَ الخَيلِ مِن مَثنىً وَوِحدانِ

    when you did not drive back from your families' quarters

    the lean steeds, in pairs and singly.

  7. بِالمَرجِ إِذ أُمُّ بَسّامٍ تُناشِدُني

    بَناتُ عَمِّكَ يا حارِ بنَ حَمدانِ

    At al-Marj, when Umm Bassam implored me:

    "Your uncle's daughters, O Harith, son of Hamdan!"

  8. فَبِتُّ أَثني صُدورَ الخَيلِ ساهِمَةً

    بِكُلِّ مُضطَغِنٍ بِالحِقدِ مَلآنِ

    So I spent the night turning back the breasts of gaunt steeds,

    bearing every resentful man, brimming with hatred.

  9. وَنَحنُ قَومٌ إِذا عُدنا بِسَيِّئَةٍ

    عَلى العَشيرَةِ أَعقَبنا بِإِحسانِ

    And we are a people who, when we do harm

    to our clan, follow it with kindness.