إِنّيindeed I اِمرُؤٌa man مُهدٍsending as a gift بِغَيبٍfrom afar تَحِيَّةًa greeting
إِنّي اِمرُؤٌ مُهدٍ بِغَيبٍ تَحِيَّةً
إِلىto اِبنِson of الجُلَندىal-Julanda فارِسِhorseman الخَيلِthe horses جَيفَرِJayfar
إِلى اِبنِ الجُلَندى فارِسِ الخَيلِ جَيفَرِ
Indeed, I am a man sending a greeting from afar
I am a man greeting with absence the son of Julanda
To al-Julanda’s son, Jayfar, rider of steeds.
The knight of horses, Jaifer
بِهاfor it تُنفَضُare shaken out الأَحلاسُthe saddlecloths وَالديكُand the cock نائِمٌasleep
بِها تُنفَضُ الأَحلاسُ وَالديكُ نائِمٌ
إِلىonto مُسنِفاتٍforward-striding she-camels آخِرَat the end of اللَيلِthe night ضُمَّرِlean
إِلى مُسنِفاتٍ آخِرَ اللَيلِ ضُمَّرِ
For it, saddlecloths are shaken out while the cock sleeps,
With it the saddles are shaken off and your cock is asleep
Onto lean she-camels pressing ahead at night’s end.
To blankets at the end of night, contracted
Sol 6.1