أَلاtake heed لَستُمُyou are not مِنّاof us وَلَسناand we are not إِلَيكُمُaffiliated with you
أَلا لَستُمُ مِنّا وَلَسنا إِلَيكُمُ
بَرِئناwe have disavowed إِلَيكُمto you مِنof لُؤَيِّLuʾayy بنِson of غالِبِGhālib
بَرِئنا إِلَيكُم مِن لُؤَيِّ بنِ غالِبِ
Take heed: you are not of us, nor are we of you.
We declare to you our disavowal of Luʾayy son of Ghālib.
أَقَمناwe have remained عَلىamid عِزِّthe glory of الحِجازِthe Hijaz وَأَنتُمُwhile you
أَقَمنا عَلى عِزِّ الحِجازِ وَأَنتُمُ
بِمُعتَلَجِat the torrents’ meeting-place in البَطحاءِal-Baṭḥāʾ بَينَbetween الأَخاشِبِthe Akhāshib mountains
بِمُعتَلَجِ البَطحاءِ بَينَ الأَخاشِبِ
We have remained amid the glory of the Hijaz, while you are
Where torrents meet in al-Baṭḥāʾ, between the Akhāshib mountains.
نَدِمتُI regretted عَلىover قَولٍa statement مَضىthat had passed كُنتُI had قُلتُهُsaid it
نَدِمتُ عَلى قَولٍ مَضى كُنتُ قُلتُهُ
تَبَيَّنتُI discerned فيهِin it أَنَّهُthat it was قَولُthe utterance of كاذِبِa liar
تَبَيَّنتُ فيهِ أَنَّهُ قَولُ كاذِبِ
I regretted a past statement that I had made;
I came to see that it was a liar’s utterance.
فَلَيتَso would that لِسانيmy tongue كانَhad been نِصفَينِtwo halves مِنهُماof those two
فَلَيتَ لِساني كانَ نِصفَينِ مِنهُما
بَكيمٌmute وَنِصفٌand one half عِندَat مَجرىthe course of الكَواكِبِthe stars
بَكيمٌ وَنِصفٌ عِندَ مَجرى الكَواكِبِ
So would that my tongue had been two halves, one of them
Mute, and the other half where the stars run.
أَبوناour forefather كِنانِيٌّa Kinānī بِمَكَّةَin Mecca قَبرُهُhis grave
أَبونا كِنانِيٌّ بِمَكَّةَ قَبرُهُ
بِمُعتَلَجِat the torrents’ meeting-place in البَطحاءَal-Baṭḥāʾ بَينَbetween الأَخاشِبِthe Akhāshib mountains
بِمُعتَلَجِ البَطحاءَ بَينَ الأَخاشِبِ
Our forefather is a Kinānī; his grave is in Mecca,
Where torrents meet in al-Baṭḥāʾ, between the Akhāshib mountains.
لَناours الرَبعُa quarter مِنof بَيتِthe House الحَرامِthe sacred وِراثَةًby inheritance
لَنا الرَبعُ مِن بَيتِ الحَرامِ وِراثَةً
وَرَبعُand a quarter of البِطاحِal-Biṭāḥ عِندَnear دارِthe house of اِبنِson of حاطِبِḤāṭib
وَرَبعُ البِطاحِ عِندَ دارِ اِبنِ حاطِبِ
A quarter of the Sacred House is ours by inheritance,
And a quarter of al-Biṭāḥ near the house of Ibn Ḥāṭib.
Sol 6.1