حَضرَمَوتُHadramawt وَأَينَماand where indeed حَضرَمَوتُHadramawt
حَضرَمَوتُ وَأَينَما حَضرَمَوتُ
بَلَدٌa land دونَهُbefore reaching it الفَلاthe wilderness وَالفَيافيand the deserts
بَلَدٌ دونَهُ الفَلا وَالفَيافي
Hadramawt—and where indeed is Hadramawt?
A land beyond the wastes and deserts.
أَأَبيis my father ياO أَخيmy brother أَبوكَyour father فَيُهجىso he should be lampooned
أَأَبي يا أَخي أَبوكَ فَيُهجى
أَوor أَبوthe father of خُثعَمِيِّكَyour Khath'amite الإِسكافِthe cobbler
أَو أَبو خُثعَمِيِّكَ الإِسكافِ
Is my father, my brother, your father, that he should be lampooned,
or the father of your Khath'amite cobbler?
نَحنُwe مَنthose whom قَدindeed عَلِمتَyou have known فيin الشَرَفِnobility الواcomplete (first part)
نَحنُ مَن قَد عَلِمتَ في الشَرَفِ الوا
فيcomplete (final part) فَأَجمِلso act graciously فيin عِشرَةِcompanionship with الأَشرافِthe nobles
في فَأَجمِل في عِشرَةِ الأَشرافِ
We are those you know, whose nobility is
complete; so deal graciously with the noble.
سَلَفٌforebears لَوif رَأَيتَهُمُyou had seen them لَتَبَيَّنyou would have discerned (continued)
سَلَفٌ لَو رَأَيتَهُمُ لَتَبَيَّن
تَyou (preceding verb's ending) لَهُمfor them زُلفَةًprecedence عَلىover الأَسلافِthe forebears
تَ لَهُم زُلفَةً عَلى الأَسلافِ
Forebears—had you seen them, you would have discerned
their precedence over other forebears.
وَإِذاand when ماemphatic particle اِنتَقَدتَyou assayed شَيخَكَyour elder فيهِمamong them
وَإِذا ما اِنتَقَدتَ شَيخَكَ فيهِم
طالَgrew long فيهِconcerning him تَصَفُّحُscrutiny الصَرّافِthe money-changer
طالَ فيهِ تَصَفُّحُ الصَرّافِ
And when you assay your elder among them,
long is the money-changer's scrutiny of him.
ماnot لَهُhe has مُتجَرٌa trade سِوىexcept شَعَرِbristles of الخِنthe pig (first part)
ما لَهُ مُتجَرٌ سِوى شَعَرِ الخِن
زيرِpig (final part) فيamong قَومِهِhis people وَسَنِّand sharpening الأَشافيthe awls
زيرِ في قَومِهِ وَسَنِّ الأَشافي
He has no trade except in the bristles of
swine among his people, and the sharpening of awls.
Sol 6.1