قُلsay لِأَبيto Abu حَمزَةَHamza هيدِhold! هيدِhold!
قُل لِأَبي حَمزَةَ هيدِ هيدِ
جِئناكَwe have come to you بِالعادِيَةwith the assailant الصِنديدِthe dauntless one
جِئناكَ بِالعادِيَة الصِنديدِ
Say to Abu Hamza: “Hold, hold!”
Tell Abu Hamza, come, come,
We have come to you with the dauntless assailant,
We have brought you the fine Arabian horse,
بِالبَطَلِwith the champion القَرمthe chieftain أَبيAbu الوَليدِal-Walid
بِالبَطَلِ القَرم أَبي الوَليدِ
فارِسhorseman قَيسٍQays نَجدِهاher brave champion المَعدودِthe renowned
فارِس قَيسٍ نَجدِها المَعدودِ
With the champion chieftain, Abu al-Walid,
The heroic knight, father of Al-Walid,
Qays’s horseman, her renowned champion,
The prized horseman of Qais, famed throughout Najd,
فيamong خيلِcavalry قَيسٍQays وَالكماةِand the armored warriors الصّيدِthe proud
في خيلِ قَيسٍ وَالكماةِ الصّيدِ
كَالسَيفِlike a sword قَدalready سُلَّwas drawn مِنَfrom الغُمودِthe sheaths
كَالسَيفِ قَد سُلَّ مِنَ الغُمودِ
Among Qays’s cavalry and proud armored warriors,
Among the steeds of Qais and hunting with arrows,
Like a sword drawn from its sheath,
Like a sword unsheathed from its scabbard,
محضٍpure-blooded هِجانٍnobly bred ماجِدِnoble الجُدودِforefathers
محضٍ هِجانٍ ماجِدِ الجُدودِ
فيin الفَرعthe branch مِنof قَيسٍQays وَفيand in العَمودِthe ancestral stem
في الفَرع مِن قَيسٍ وَفي العَمودِ
Pure-blooded, nobly bred, of illustrious forebears,
Pure and courageous, glorified ancestor,
In Qays’s branch and in its ancestral stem.
Among the branches of Qais and in the family tree,
فدىًa ransom لعَبدِfor Abd الملكِal-Malik الحَميدِthe praiseworthy
فدىً لعَبدِ الملكِ الحَميدِ
ماwhatever ليis mine منof الطّارِفِnewly acquired wealth وَالتَليدِand inherited wealth
ما لي من الطّارِفِ وَالتَليدِ
May praiseworthy Abd al-Malik be ransomed
A sacrifice for Abd al-Malik the Praiseworthy,
With all I own, newly acquired and inherited,
I have none like you among the noble clans,
يَومَthe day تُناديcall out الخَيلُthe horses بِالصَعيدِon the plain
يَومَ تُنادي الخَيلُ بِالصَعيدِ
كَأَنَّهُas though he فيin جَنَنarmor الحَديدِof iron
كَأَنَّهُ في جَنَن الحَديدِ
On the day the horses call out on the plain,
The day the horses call out in the plain,
As though, within his iron armor, he were
As if they are in the clanging of iron,
سيدٌa wolf مُدِلّself-assured بَذَّoutstripped كلَّevery سيدِwolf
سيدٌ مُدِلّ بَذَّ كلَّ سيدِ
A self-assured wolf who has outstripped every wolf.
A master who has humbled all other masters.
Sol 6.1