ماnot باتَspent the night قَومٌa people كِرامٌnoble يَدَّعونَthey claim يَداًa kindness
ما باتَ قَومٌ كِرامٌ يَدَّعونَ يَداً
إِلّاexcept that لِقَوميto my people عَلَيهِمupon them مِنَّةٌa benefaction وَيَدُand aid
إِلّا لِقَومي عَلَيهِم مِنَّةٌ وَيَدُ
No noble folk have spent a night claiming credit for a kindness,
But my people have bestowed upon them bounty and aid.
نَحنُwe السَنامُthe camel’s hump الَّذيwhose طالَتhas grown tall شَظِيَّتُهُits crest
نَحنُ السَنامُ الَّذي طالَت شَظِيَّتُهُ
فَماso not يُخالِطُهُafflicts it الأَدواءُailments وَالعَمَدُand hump-swelling
فَما يُخالِطُهُ الأَدواءُ وَالعَمَدُ
We are the camel’s hump whose crest has risen high,
So neither ailments nor hump-swelling afflict it.
Sol 6.1