فداءa ransom خالتيmy maternal aunt لبنيfor the sons of عُقَيلٍʿUqayl
فداء خالتي لبني عُقَيلٍ
وكعبٍand Kaʿb حينَwhen تزدحمُcrowd together الجدودُfortunes
وكعبٍ حينَ تزدحمُ الجدودُ
May my maternal aunt be a ransom for the sons of ʿUqayl,
My aunt's sacrifice for the sons of Uqail
And Kaʿb, when fortunes clash.
And Ka'b when genealogies become crowded
همthey تركواleft علىupon النَّشَّاشal-Nashshāsh صرعىslain men
هم تركوا على النَّشَّاش صرعى
بضربٍwith blows ثمَّthere أهوَنُهُits mildest شَدِيدُfierce
بضربٍ ثمَّ أهوَنُهُ شَدِيدُ
They left men slain upon al-Nashshāsh,
They left prostrate on the bier
With blows there, even the mildest of which was fierce.
Slain with blows, then the most grievous of them severe
Sol 6.1