أَلَمdid ... not? تَرَنيyou see me أَجَرتُI granted protection بَنيthe sons of فُقَيمٍFuqaym
أَلَم تَرَني أَجَرتُ بَني فُقَيمٍ
بِحَيثُwhere غَلاbecame costly عَلىfor مُضَرَMudar الجِوارُprotection
بِحَيثُ غَلا عَلى مُضَرَ الجِوارُ
Did you not see me grant protection to the sons of Fuqaym,
Where protection had grown costly for Mudar,
بِعاجِنَةِat ʿĀjinat الرَحوبِal-Raḥūb فَلَمso did not يَسيرواthey depart
بِعاجِنَةِ الرَحوبِ فَلَم يَسيروا
وَآذَنَand gave notice غَيرُهمُothers besides them مِنهاfrom it فَسارواso they departed
وَآذَنَ غَيرُهمُ مِنها فَساروا
At ʿĀjinat al-Raḥūb, so they did not depart,
While others announced their departure from there and set out?
إِذاwhen الأَسَدِيُّthe Asadite حَلَّsettles بِغَيرِwithout جارٍa protector
إِذا الأَسَدِيُّ حَلَّ بِغَيرِ جارٍ
فَلَيسَthen there is no بِهِin him وَإِنand even if ظُلِمَhe is wronged اِنتِصارُself-defense
فَلَيسَ بِهِ وَإِن ظُلِمَ اِنتِصارُ
When the Asadite settles without a protector,
He cannot fight back, even if he is wronged.
تَصولُcharges إِلىtoward العُلىthe heights أَسَدٌAsad وَتَأبىbut refuse
تَصولُ إِلى العُلى أَسَدٌ وَتَأبى
مَخازيهاits disgraces وَأَيديهاand its hands القِصارُshort
مَخازيها وَأَيديها القِصارُ
Asad charges toward the heights, but is held back
By its disgraces and its short-reaching hands.
وَلَستَand you are not بِواجِدِfinding الأَسَدِيِّthe Asadite إِلّاexcept
وَلَستَ بِواجِدِ الأَسَدِيِّ إِلّا
يُنيبُhe submits لِماto what يُنيبُsubmits لَهُto it الحِمارُthe donkey
يُنيبُ لِما يُنيبُ لَهُ الحِمارُ
And you will never find the Asadite except
Submitting to what the donkey submits to.
وَأَشهَدُand I bear witness أَنَّهاthat it is أَسَدُAsad بنِson of نَهدٍNahd
وَأَشهَدُ أَنَّها أَسَدُ بنِ نَهدٍ
وَماand not وَلَدَتgave birth to بَنيthe sons of أَسَدٍAsad نِزارُNizar
وَما وَلَدَت بَني أَسَدٍ نِزارُ
And I bear witness that it is Asad son of Nahd,
And Nizar did not give birth to the sons of Asad.
Sol 6.1