نقضناwe rebutted للحطيئةof al-Ḥuṭayʾah ألفa thousand بيتverses
نقضنا للحطيئة ألف بيت
كذاكthus الحيthe living man يغلبovercomes الفa thousand ميتdead men
كذاك الحي يغلب الف ميت
We have rebutted a thousand verses of al-Ḥuṭayʾah;
We refuted a thousand verses of Al-Hutai'ah
thus the living man overcomes a thousand dead.
Thus the living surpasses a thousand dead
وذلكand that man دعبلٌDiʿbil يرجوhopes سفاهاًfoolishly
وذلك دعبلٌ يرجو سفاهاً
وحمقاًand stupidly انto ينالattain مدىthe reach of الكميتal-Kumayt
وحمقاً ان ينال مدى الكميت
And that Diʿbil hopes, in folly
Such is Duba'il hoping for ignorance
and stupidity, to attain al-Kumayt’s reach.
And stupidity that he may reach Al-Kumayt
إذاwhen ماan emphatic particle الحيthe living man ناقضtrades poetic rebuttals with جذمthe stump of قبرa grave
إذا ما الحي ناقض جذم قبر
فذلكمthen that one (addressing you all) ابنson of زانيةa whore بزيتwith oil (context unclear)
فذلكم ابن زانية بزيت
Whenever the living man trades poetic rebuttals with a grave’s stump,
When the living refutes a buried corpse
then that fellow is a whore’s son—“with oil” [final phrase unclear].
That is the son of an adulteress smeared with oil
Sol 6.1