لِلهَيثَمِfor al-Haytham بِنson of عَدِيٍّʿAdī نِسبَةٌa lineage جَمَعَتgathered
لِلهَيثَمِ بِن عَدِيٍّ نِسبَةٌ جَمَعَت
آباءَهُhis fathers فَأَراحَتناand thus spared us مِنَfrom العَدَدِthe counting
آباءَهُ فَأَراحَتنا مِنَ العَدَدِ
Al-Haytham ibn ʿAdī has a lineage that gathered
his fathers, sparing us the counting.
اِعدُدcount عَدِيّاًʿAdī فَلَوfor if مُدَّwere prolonged البَقاءُlife لَهُfor him
اِعدُد عَدِيّاً فَلَو مُدَّ البَقاءُ لَهُ
ماfor as long as عُمِّرَwere granted life الناسُpeople لَمwould not يَنقُصdecrease وَلَمand would not يَزِدِincrease
ما عُمِّرَ الناسُ لَم يَنقُص وَلَم يَزِدِ
Count ʿAdī; were his life prolonged
as long as mankind lived, the count would neither lessen nor grow.
نَفسيmy soul فِداءُa ransom بَنيthe sons of عَبدِʿAbd المَدانِal-Madān وَقَدand indeed
نَفسي فِداءُ بَني عَبدِ المَدانِ وَقَد
تَلّوهُthey flung him down لِلوَجهِonto his face وَاِستَعلوهُand struck him from above بِالعَمَدِwith clubs
تَلّوهُ لِلوَجهِ وَاِستَعلوهُ بِالعَمَدِ
My soul be a ransom for the sons of ʿAbd al-Madān, who have
flung him face down and struck him from above with clubs,
حَتّىuntil أَزالوهُthey removed him كُرهاًagainst his will عَنfrom كَريمَتِهِمtheir noble kinswoman
حَتّى أَزالوهُ كُرهاً عَن كَريمَتِهِم
وَعَرَّفوهُand made him know بِذُلٍّthrough humiliation أَينَwhere أَصلُthe origin of عَدىʿAdī
وَعَرَّفوهُ بِذُلٍّ أَينَ أَصلُ عَدى
until they forced him away from their noble kinswoman,
and taught him, through humiliation, where ʿAdī's roots lay.
ياO اِبنَson of الخَبيثَةِthe vile woman مَنwhom أَهجوI lampoon فَأَفضَحُهُand thus disgrace him
يا اِبنَ الخَبيثَةِ مَن أَهجو فَأَفضَحُهُ
إِذاwhen هَجَوتI lampoon وَماand not تنمىyou are traced by descent إِلىto أَحَدِanyone
إِذا هَجَوت وَما تنمى إِلى أَحَدِ
O son of the vile woman, whom can I lampoon and disgrace
when I lampoon you, though your descent is traced to no one?
Sol 6.1