جاءَنيhe came to me مِنfrom لَدَيهhis presence مَروانُMarwān إذwhen قَفI turned away (first fragment)
جاءَني مِن لَدَيه مَروانُ إذ قَف
فيتُI turned away (final fragment) عَنهُfrom him بِخيرwith the best of ماwhat أَحذانيhe bestowed on me
فيتُ عَنهُ بِخير ما أَحذاني
Marwān came to me from his presence, when I turned
Marwan came to me when he stopped,
away from him, bearing the finest gift he had given me:
So I bid him goodbye with the best advice.
بِإِفَالٍwith young camels عشرينَtwenty قَحَّمَهَاhe drove them forward الصَّعthe unyielding one (first fragment)
بِإِفَالٍ عشرينَ قَحَّمَهَا الصَّع
بthe unyielding one (final fragment) بِحُسنِthrough the kindness of الإِخاءbrotherhood والخلاَّنِand close friends
ب بِحُسنِ الإِخاء والخلاَّنِ
twenty young camels, driven forward by the unyielding
With twenty camels whose humps were chopped off by hardship,
one, through the kindness of brotherhood and close friends;
Out of goodwill and friendship.
لاnot صَفَايَاchoice milch camels دُهمblack فأسَمَهاthen marked them (reading uncertain) الرِّسthe milk (first fragment)
لا صَفَايَا دُهم فأسَمَها الرِّس
لُthe milk (final fragment) ولاand not جِلَّةmature camels قَطيعٍa herd هِجَانpurebred and white
لُ ولا جِلَّة قَطيعٍ هِجَان
not choice black milkers, marked [reading uncertain] by the
Neither gray camels, so he called them peppered,
milk, nor mature camels from a purebred white herd.
Nor a flock of sheep bleating.
Sol 6.1