مَنwho مُبلِغٌone who conveys عَنّيfrom me سِناناًSinān رِسالَةًa message
مَن مُبلِغٌ عَنّي سِناناً رِسالَةً
وَشَجنَةَand Shajnah أَنnamely قَوماrise, you two خَذاtake, you two الحَقَّwhat is due أَودَعاor leave it, you two
وَشَجنَةَ أَن قَوما خَذا الحَقَّ أَودَعا
Who will carry a message from me to Sinān
Who will convey on my behalf a message
and Shajnah? Rise, you two; take what is due, or leave it.
And my lament that a people seized the right and deposited it
سَأَكفيكَI shall spare you جَنبيmy side وَضعَهlaying it down وَوِسادَهُand its pillow
سَأَكفيكَ جَنبي وَضعَه وَوِسادَهُ
وَأَقتُلُand I will kill إِنif لَمnot تُعطِناyou give us الحَقَّwhat is due أَشجَعاAshjaʿ
وَأَقتُلُ إِن لَم تُعطِنا الحَقَّ أَشجَعا
I shall spare you the task of laying down my side and pillowing it,
I will suffice you my side which he placed and made his pillow
and kill Ashjaʿ if you do not give us our due.
And I will kill you if you do not give us the right, most courageous
تَصيحُshriek الرُدَينَياتُthe Rudaynian spears فيناamong us وَفيكُمُand among you
تَصيحُ الرُدَينَياتُ فينا وَفيكُمُ
صِياحَthe cries of بَناتِdaughters of الماءِthe water أَصبَحنَthey have become جُوَّعاhungry
صِياحَ بَناتِ الماءِ أَصبَحنَ جُوَّعا
The Rudaynian spears shriek among us and among you,
The she-camels bellow among us and among you
like the cries of the daughters of the water, grown hungry.
The crying of the daughters of water who have become hungry
خَلَطناwe mingled البُيوتَthe houses بِالبُيوتِwith the houses فَأَصبَحواso they became
خَلَطنا البُيوتَ بِالبُيوتِ فَأَصبَحوا
بَنيsons of عَمِّناour paternal uncle مَنwhoever يَرمِهِمshoots at them يَرمِناshoots at us مَعاtogether
بَني عَمِّنا مَن يَرمِهِم يَرمِنا مَعا
We mingled houses with houses, so they became
We mixed the houses with the houses so they became
our cousins; whoever shoots at them shoots at us too.
The sons of our paternal uncle, he who throws them throws us together
Sol 6.1