ياO ذاتَwoman of أَجْوارِناour neighbors قُومِيrise فَحَيِّيناthen greet us
يا ذاتَ أَجْوارِنا قُومِي فَحَيِّينا
وإِنْand if سَقَيْتِyou give drink to كِرامَthe noble النَّاسِpeople فاسْقيناthen give us drink
وإِنْ سَقَيْتِ كِرامَ النَّاسِ فاسْقينا
O woman among our neighbors, rise and greet us.
And if you give drink to noble people, give us drink.
وإِنْand if دَعَوْتِyou summon إلىto جُلَّىa great undertaking ومَكْرُمَةٍand a noble deed
وإِنْ دَعَوْتِ إلى جُلَّى ومَكْرُمَةٍ
يوماًone day سَراَةَthe leaders of خِيارِthe finest الناسِpeople فادْعِيناthen summon us
يوماً سَراَةَ خِيارِ الناسِ فادْعِينا
And if you summon to a great undertaking and a noble deed
one day the leaders of the finest people, then summon us.
شُعْثٌdisheveled مَقادِمُناour forelocks نُهْبىfree for the taking مَراجِلُناour cauldrons
شُعْثٌ مَقادِمُنا نُهْبى مَراجِلُنا
نأسُوwe heal بأَمْوالِناwith our wealth آثارَthe marks left by أَيْدِيناour hands
نأسُو بأَمْوالِنا آثارَ أَيْدِينا
Our forelocks are disheveled; our cauldrons are free for the taking.
We heal with our wealth the wounds our hands have left.
المُطْعِمُونَthose who feed others إذاwhen هبَّتْblows شآمِيَّةٌa northerly wind
المُطْعِمُونَ إذا هبَّتْ شآمِيَّةٌ
وخَيْرُand the finest نادٍassembly رآهُsaw it النَّاسthe people نادِيناour assembly
وخَيْرُ نادٍ رآهُ النَّاس نادِينا
We are those who feed others when a northerly wind blows,
and the finest assembly people have seen is our assembly.
إنif تبتدرyou race toward غايةa goal يوماًone day لمكرمةfor a noble deed
إن تبتدر غاية يوماً لمكرمة
تلقyou will find السوابقthe frontrunners منّاamong us والمصليناand the runners-up
تلق السوابق منّا والمصلينا
If one day you race toward a goal of honor,
you will find among us the frontrunners and the runners-up.
وليسand not يهلكdies منّاamong us سيّدa chief أبداًever
وليس يهلك منّا سيّد أبداً
إلاّexcept that افتليناwe choose غلاماًa youth سيّداًas a chief فيناamong us
إلاّ افتلينا غلاماً سيّداً فينا
And no chief among us ever dies
without our choosing a youth as chief among us.
إنّاindeed we لنرخصsurely hold cheap يومon the day of الروعterror أنفسناour lives
إنّا لنرخص يوم الروع أنفسنا
ولوand if نسامwe were offered a price بهاfor them فيin الأمنsafety أُغْليناwe would be valued highly
ولو نسام بها في الأمن أُغْلينا
Indeed, we hold our lives cheap on the day of terror;
yet, were our lives priced in safety, our price would be high.
إنّاindeed we لمنsurely belong to معشرa people أفنىdestroyed أوائلهمtheir forebears
إنّا لمن معشر أفنى أوائلهم
قيلthe cry of الكماةthe armored warriors ألاho! أينwhere المحاموناthe defenders
قيل الكماة ألا أين المحامونا
Indeed, we are of a people whose forebears were destroyed
by the warriors' cry: 'Ho, where are the defenders?'
لوif كانthere were فيamong الألفthe thousand منّاof us واحدone man فدعواthen they called
لو كان في الألف منّا واحد فدعوا
منwho فارسa horseman خالهمhe supposed they إيّاهhim in particular يعنوناthey meant
من فارس خالهم إيّاه يعنونا
If a single one of us were among a thousand, and they called,
'Who is a horseman?' he would think they meant him.
إذاwhen الكماةthe armored warriors تنحواdrew aside أنlest يصيبهمit strike them
إذا الكماة تنحوا أن يصيبهم
حدّthe edge of الظباةthe sword-blades وصلناهاwe met them بأيديناwith our hands
حدّ الظباة وصلناها بأيدينا
When the armored warriors draw aside lest they be struck
by the swords' edges, we meet those blades with our hands.
ولاand not نراهمwe see them وإنand even if جلَّتgrew great مصيبتهمtheir calamity
ولا نراهم وإن جلَّت مصيبتهم
معamong البكاةthe mourners علىover منthose who ماتdied يبكوناthey weep
مع البكاة على من مات يبكونا
Nor do we see them, however great their calamity,
among the mourners, weeping over those who have died.
ونركبand we ride into الكرهhardship أحياناًsometimes فَيَفْرُجُهُthen dispels it
ونركب الكره أحياناً فَيَفْرُجُهُ
عنّاfrom us الحفاظzeal for honor وأسيافand swords تواتيناaid us
عنّا الحفاظ وأسياف تواتينا
And sometimes we ride into hardship; then it is dispelled
from us by zeal for honor and swords that aid us.
Sol 6.1