دَعَتناsummoned us بَنوthe sons of سَعدٍSa'd إِلىto الحَربِwar دَعوَةًa summons
دَعَتنا بَنو سَعدٍ إِلى الحَربِ دَعوَةً
وَلَمand did not يَكُbe حَقّاًright فيamid السِلابِthe plundering خُذولُهاforsaking it
وَلَم يَكُ حَقّاً في السِلابِ خُذولُها
Banu Sa'd summoned us to war,
and it was not right, amid the plundering, to leave that call unanswered.
فَسائِلso ask بِناabout us حَيَّيthe two clans of مُرَيبٍMurayb فَمَأرِبٍand then Ma'rib
فَسائِل بِنا حَيَّي مُرَيبٍ فَمَأرِبٍ
بِرائِسِat Ra'is حَجرِHajr حَزنُهاits rugged ground وَسُهولُهاand its plains
بِرائِسِ حَجرِ حَزنُها وَسُهولُها
So ask the two clans of Murayb and Ma'rib about us,
at Ra'is of Hajr—its rugged ground and its plains.
فَأُبناso we returned بِحورٍwith dark-eyed women كَالظِباءِlike gazelles وَجامِلٍand a camel herd
فَأُبنا بِحورٍ كَالظِباءِ وَجامِلٍ
وَلَمand did not يَمنَعِprotect البيضَthe fair-skinned women الحِسانَthe beautiful بُعولُهاtheir husbands
وَلَم يَمنَعِ البيضَ الحِسانَ بُعولُها
So we returned with dark-eyed women like gazelles, and a camel herd;
and their husbands did not protect the fair, beautiful women.
تُناغيcoo to العَضاريطَthe menial attendants المُشاةَthose on foot خَرائِدٌbashful maidens
تُناغي العَضاريطَ المُشاةَ خَرائِدٌ
تُمَسِّحُbrush أَطرافَthe limbs of القِلاصِthe young she-camels ذُيولُهاtheir trailing hems
تُمَسِّحُ أَطرافَ القِلاصِ ذُيولُها
Bashful maidens coo to the menial attendants on foot,
their trailing hems brushing the limbs of the young she-camels.
Sol 6.1