لُجَيمُLujaym بنُson of صَعبٍSaʿb لَمdid not تَنَلهاtouch them عَداوَتيmy enmity
لُجَيمُ بنُ صَعبٍ لَم تَنَلها عَداوَتي
وَماnor نَبَحَتbarked at آلَthe family of الخَصيبِal-Khaṣīb كِلابيmy dogs
وَما نَبَحَت آلَ الخَصيبِ كِلابي
My enmity has not touched Lujaym son of Saʿb,
nor have my dogs barked at the family of al-Khaṣīb.
أولَئِكَthose قَومٌa people يَرفَعونَraise مَحَلَّهُمtheir station
أولَئِكَ قَومٌ يَرفَعونَ مَحَلَّهُم
إِلىto نَجَواتٍheights أَشرَفَتrose high وَرَوابيand hilltops
إِلى نَجَواتٍ أَشرَفَت وَرَوابي
Those are a people who raise their station
to soaring heights and hilltops.
وَلَكِنَّماbut only هاجَstirred up الَّذيthat which كانَwas بَينَناbetween us
وَلَكِنَّما هاجَ الَّذي كانَ بَينَنا
سَدوسٌSadūs وَماand … not عيدانُهاits wooden rods بِصِلابِsturdy
سَدوسٌ وَما عيدانُها بِصِلابِ
But what lay between us was stirred up only
by Sadūs, whose timber is not sturdy:
بَنوsons of كُلِّevery مِتفالٍfoul-smelling woman كَأَنَّas though جَبينَهاher brow
بَنو كُلِّ مِتفالٍ كَأَنَّ جَبينَها
إِذاwhen زَحَلَتshe draws back عَنهُfrom it جَبينُthe brow of غُرابِa raven
إِذا زَحَلَت عَنهُ جَبينُ غُرابِ
sons of every foul-smelling woman, whose brow looks,
when she draws [her veil] back from it, like a raven’s brow.
Sol 6.1