وَقالواand they said ليto me أَلاshall we not نُعطيكَgive you شاءsheep
وَقالوا لي أَلا نُعطيكَ شاء
فَإِنَّfor indeed الشَّاءَthe sheep مالٌwealth خَيرُthe best of مالِwealth
فَإِنَّ الشَّاءَ مالٌ خَيرُ مالِ
And they said to me: Shall we not give you sheep?
For sheep are wealth—the best of wealth.
وَلَكِنbut أشربواput into الأَقرانَthe coupling ropes صُهباtawny camels
وَلَكِن أشربوا الأَقرانَ صُهبا
غَواضِيَbrowsing on ghada trees فَهيَfor they are مصْنَعَةstoutly built الأَعاليthe upper parts
غَواضِيَ فَهيَ مصْنَعَة الأَعالي
But put tawny camels into the coupling ropes,
Browsing on ghada trees, for their upper parts are stoutly built.
تَرىyou see فُصْلانَهُمtheir camel calves فيat الوِرْدِwatering time هُزلىlean
تَرى فُصْلانَهُم في الوِرْدِ هُزلى
وَتسمنُand they grow fat فيamong المَقاريthe rainwater pools وَالحِبالِand the sand ridges
وَتسمنُ في المَقاري وَالحِبالِ
You see their camel calves lean at watering time,
Yet they grow fat among rainwater pools and sand ridges.
رَأَيتُI saw بَنيthe sons of خَفاجَةَKhafajah مِنof عَقيلٍʿAqil
رَأَيتُ بَني خَفاجَةَ مِن عَقيلٍ
كِرامthe noble among النَّاسِpeople مُشتَبِهيalike in النِّعالِsandals
كِرام النَّاسِ مُشتَبِهي النِّعالِ
I saw the sons of Khafajah, of ʿAqil,
Noble among men, alike in their sandals,
كَمِثلِlike بنيthe sons of أُمَيَّةَUmayyah فيamong قُرَيشٍQuraysh
كَمِثلِ بني أُمَيَّةَ في قُرَيشٍ
لِكُلِّfor every قَبيلَةٍtribe مِنهُمْamong them عَواليlong spears
لِكُلِّ قَبيلَةٍ مِنهُمْ عَوالي
Like the sons of Umayyah among Quraysh:
Every tribe among them has long spears.
Sol 6.1