لَعَمرُكَby your life لاnot أَهجوI revile مَنولَةَManwalah كُلَّهاall of it
لَعَمرُكَ لا أَهجو مَنولَةَ كُلَّها
وَلَكِنَّماbut only أَهجوI revile اللِئامَthe ignoble بَنيsons of عَمرِAmr
وَلَكِنَّما أَهجو اللِئامَ بَني عَمرِ
By your life, I do not revile all of Manwalah;
By your life! I do not satirize all of humankind,
But I revile only the ignoble sons of Amr:
Rather I satirize only the vile among the sons of Omar.
مَشاتيمَhabitual revilers لِاِبنِof the son العَمِّthe paternal uncle فيin غَيرِother than كُنهِهِhis due measure
مَشاتيمَ لِاِبنِ العَمِّ في غَيرِ كُنهِهِ
مَباشيمَglutted عَنfrom لَحمِthe flesh of العَوارِضِstricken camels وَالتَمرِand dates
مَباشيمَ عَن لَحمِ العَوارِضِ وَالتَمرِ
Habitual revilers of their cousin, undeservedly,
Evil-speakers to the sons of their paternal uncles,
Glutted on the flesh of stricken camels and dates;
Who refrain from eating meat and dates.
مَفاريطَthose who hurry ahead لِلماءِto the water الظَنونِof doubtful supply بِسُحرَةٍat the predawn hour
مَفاريطَ لِلماءِ الظَنونِ بِسُحرَةٍ
تُغاديكَcomes to you early قَبلَbefore الصُبحِdawn عانَتُهُمtheir herd of asses تَجريruns
تُغاديكَ قَبلَ الصُبحِ عانَتُهُم تَجري
Racing ahead to water of doubtful supply before dawn,
Who divide the waters of opinion into sorceries
Their herd of asses comes running to you before daybreak.
That come to you before dawn, their oppression flowing,
يُزَجّونَthey push along أَسدامَstagnant pools المِياهِof water بِأَينُقٍwith she-camels
يُزَجّونَ أَسدامَ المِياهِ بِأَينُقٍ
مَثاليبَdecrepit she-camels مُسوَدٍّblackened مَغابِنُهاtheir skin-folds أُدرِwith swollen genitals
مَثاليبَ مُسوَدٍّ مَغابِنُها أُدرِ
They churn stagnant waters with she-camels—
They dam the lion's mouths of waters with slender waists,
Decrepit, black in their skin-folds, with swollen genitals.
Their dark, wide sleeves are like water wheels.
Sol 6.1