تَسَمَّعlisten attentively فيin بُيوتِthe houses of بَنيthe sons of كِلابٍKilāb
تَسَمَّع في بُيوتِ بَني كِلابٍ
بَنيthe sons of البَناal-Banā تَنوحُlaments عَلىover تَميمِTamīm
بَني البَنا تَنوحُ عَلى تَميمِ
Listen in the houses of Banū Kilāb
to the sons of al-Banā lamenting Tamīm.
بِكُرهِيَagainst my will إِنif حَمَلتُI burdened بَنيthe sons of أَبيهِhis father
بِكُرهِيَ إِن حَمَلتُ بَني أَبيهِ
وَأُسرَتُهُand his family عَلىwith النَبَأِthe news العَظيمِgrievous
وَأُسرَتُهُ عَلى النَبَأِ العَظيمِ
It was against my will, if I burdened his father's sons
and his family with the grievous news.
رَجَعتُI returned وَقَدand already قَتَلتُهُمُI killed them جَميعاًall
رَجَعتُ وَقَد قَتَلتُهُمُ جَميعاً
إِلىto الأَعراقِthe ancestral roots وَالأَصلِand the stock الكَريمِnoble
إِلى الأَعراقِ وَالأَصلِ الكَريمِ
I returned, having killed them all,
to ancestral roots and noble stock.
Sol 6.1