تركناwe left علىupon النَّشَّاشِal-Nashshash بكرَBakr بنَson of وائلٍWa'il
تركنا على النَّشَّاشِ بكرَ بنَ وائلٍ
وقدand already نهِلَتdrank a first draught منهاfrom it السيوفُthe swords وعَلَّتِand drank again
وقد نهِلَت منها السيوفُ وعَلَّتِ
We left Bakr ibn Wa'il upon al-Nashshash,
We left at Nashash some of the tribe of Bakr bin Wa'il
and the swords had drunk from them once, and drunk again.
Where swords had been unsheathed and blades had flashed
وبالفَلَجand at al-Falaj العاديancient قتلىslain men إذاwhenever التقتgathered
وبالفَلَج العادي قتلى إذا التقت
عليهاover them ضباعُhyenas الغيلِthe thicket باتتspent the night وظَلَّتِand spent the day
عليها ضباعُ الغيلِ باتت وظَلَّتِ
And at ancient al-Falaj lie slain men; whenever there gather
And at the regular torrent-beds were men slain when
over them the thicket's hyenas, they stay by night and by day.
The wild beasts of prey spent the night there and prowled
فقلناso we rested at noon علىupon النَّشَّاشal-Nashshash مناof us عصابةٌa band
فقلنا على النَّشَّاش منا عصابةٌ
كراماًnoble men وسمناهاand we subjected it to الهوانَhumiliation فذلَّتِso it was abased
كراماً وسمناها الهوانَ فذلَّتِ
So we rested at noon on al-Nashshash, a band of us,
So we said: At Nashash we have a brave band
noble men; and we subjected that tribe to humiliation, so it was abased.
High-minded: and we named it The Base and it recoiled
إِذاwhenever ماemphatic particle الضباعُthe hyenas الجِلَّةُlarge انتجعتهُمُsought them out for food
إِذا ما الضباعُ الجِلَّةُ انتجعتهُمُ
نماgrew النِّيُّthe fat فيin أصلائهاtheir haunches فاتمَهَلَّتِso they grew plump
نما النِّيُّ في أصلائها فاتمَهَلَّتِ
Whenever the large hyenas seek them out for food,
When the cowardly beasts take to flight from them
fat grows in their haunches, and they grow plump.
Prosperity grows in their thickets and they have halted
Sol 6.1