سَكَنوا شُبيْثاً وَالأَحَصَّ وَأَصبَحَتْ

سَكَنوا شُبيْثاً وَالأَحَصَّ وَأَصبَحَتْ

نَزَلَتْ مَنازِلَهُم بَنو ذُبيانِ

نَزَلَتْ مَنازِلَهُم بَنو ذُبيانِ

They dwelt in Shubayth and al-Ahass, and now

They settled at Sho'baitha and Al-Ahass and their abodes

the sons of Dhubyan have settled in their dwellings.

Became inhabited by the tribe of Dhubyan.

وَإِذا فُلانٌ ماتَ عَنْ أُكْرومَةٍ

وَإِذا فُلانٌ ماتَ عَنْ أُكْرومَةٍ

رَقُعَوا مَعاوِزَ فَقدِهِ بِفُلانِ

رَقُعَوا مَعاوِزَ فَقدِهِ بِفُلانِ

And when so-and-so dies, leaving a noble quality behind,

When so-and-so dies without offspring,

they patch the gaps left by his loss with another so-and-so.

They patch up the loss of him with so-and-so.

وَإِذا يُقالُ أَتَيتُمُ لَم يَبرَحوا

وَإِذا يُقالُ أَتَيتُمُ لَم يَبرَحوا

حَتّى تُقيمَ الخَيلُ سُوقَ طِعانِ

حَتّى تُقيمَ الخَيلُ سُوقَ طِعانِ

And when they are told, “You are under attack,” they do not withdraw

And when it is said, "You have come," they do not budge

until the horses set up a market of spear-thrusts.

Until the horses erect the banners of piercing.