أباهلَO Bahila ينجنيmay it save me كلبكمyour dog
أباهلَ ينجني كلبكم
وأسدُكُمُand your lions ككلابlike dogs العربthe Arabs
وأسدُكُمُ ككلاب العرب
O Bāhila, may your dog rescue me;
O Bahila, may your dog save me;
your lion is like the Arabs’ dogs.
And your lions are like the dogs of the Arabs.
ولوand if قيلit were said للكلبto the dog ياO باهليBahili (of Bahila)
ولو قيل للكلب يا باهلي
عوىwould howl الكلبُthe dog منbecause of لؤمbaseness هذاthis النَسَبُlineage
عوى الكلبُ من لؤم هذا النَسَبُ
And if someone said to a dog, “O Bāhilī,”
And if the dog were told, 'O Bahili,'
the dog would howl at the baseness of this lineage.
The dog would howl at the baseness of this lineage.
Sol 6.1