أبنيO sons of نُجيحNujayḥ إنindeed أمكمyour mother
أبني نُجيح إن أمكم
أمةa slave woman وإنand indeed أباكمُyour father وَقبُa fool
أمة وإن أباكمُ وَقبُ
O sons of Nujayḥ, truly your mother
O sons of Nujayḥ, indeed your mother is
is a slave woman, and your father a contemptible fool.
a slave woman, and your father is a fool.
أكَلتshe ate خبيثfoul الزادthe food فاتّخمتand suffered indigestion
أكَلت خبيث الزاد فاتّخمت
عنهfrom it وشمَّand sniffed خِمارهاher veil الكَلبُthe dog
عنه وشمَّ خِمارها الكَلبُ
She ate foul provisions and suffered indigestion
She ate foul food and suffered indigestion
from them, while the dog sniffed her veil.
from it, and the dog sniffed her veil.
ورأيتُمُand you saw لمجاشِعfor Mujāshiʿ نَسباًa lineage
ورأيتُمُ لمجاشِع نَسباً
وبنيand the sons of أبيهhis father حَامِلٌbearing much زَعبُabundant
وبني أبيه حَامِلٌ زَعبُ
You claimed a bond of kinship with Mujāshiʿ
And you saw in Mujāshiʿ a lineage,
and with his paternal kinsmen, bearers of Zaʿb spears,
and in his father's sons, one weighty and abundant.
وقلبتُمand you turned ظهرَthe back of المِجَنِّthe shield لناtoward us
وقلبتُم ظهرَ المِجَنِّ لنا
إنَّindeed اللئيمَthe base man العاجزُthe feeble one الخَبُّthe crafty cheat
إنَّ اللئيمَ العاجزُ الخَبُّ
yet then you turned the shield’s back on us—you betrayed us.
And you turned the shield's back toward us;
Indeed, the ignoble, feckless rogue
indeed, the base man is a feeble cheat.
يَرعىhe grazes الجريبَal-Jarīb إِلىas far as لواقِحLawāqiḥ
يَرعى الجريبَ إِلى لواقِح
فالسُّوبانthen al-Sūbān لاnot يُثنَىis turned back لهfor him سَربُa herd
فالسُّوبان لا يُثنَى له سَربُ
grazes his stock from al-Jurayb through Lawāqiḥ,
He grazes al-Jarīb as far as Lawāqiḥ,
then al-Sūbān; no herd is turned aside on his account,
then al-Sūbān; no herd of his is turned back,
حتىuntil إِذاwhen قَمِلتgrew fat بطونُكمyour bellies
حتى إِذا قَمِلت بطونُكم
ورأيتُمُand you saw أبناءَكمyour sons شَبُّواthey grew to manhood
ورأيتُمُ أبناءَكم شَبُّوا
until, once your bellies became infested with lice
until, when your bellies had grown fat
and you saw your sons had reached manhood—
and you saw your sons grown to manhood—
أستاهَthe arses of أحمرةasses صَدرنthey returned from watering معاًtogether
أستاهَ أحمرة صَدرن معاً
نَبتَgrew الثغامُthughām grass لهنَّfor them والعِربُand ʿirb plants
نَبتَ الثغامُ لهنَّ والعِربُ
asses’ arses returning together from water,
the arses of asses returning together from water,
with thaghām and ʿarab scrub sprouting about them—
with thughām grass and ʿirb plants grown for them,
يَملأنthey fill جَوفthe hollow of مُتالعٍMutāliʿ ضرطاًwith farting
يَملأن جَوف مُتالعٍ ضرطاً
فضّاًin explosive bursts يرُدُّechoes فضيضهُits crashing sound الهضبُthe hills
فضّاً يرُدُّ فضيضهُ الهضبُ
those arses fill the hollow of Mutāliʿ with farting,
filling the hollow of Mutāliʿ with farting,
a bursting blast whose uproar the hills echo.
in explosive blasts whose crashing the hills echo—
فامضُواso press on علىalong غُلواءthe reckless rush of أمرِكمُyour undertaking
فامضُوا على غُلواء أمرِكمُ
ورِدواand go to drink at الذنابَةal-Dhunābah ملؤهاits contents عَذبُsweet
ورِدوا الذنابَة ملؤها عَذبُ
So carry on in the headlong arrogance of your course,
then press on in your reckless course,
and drink at al-Dhunābah, brimful of fresh water.
and drink at al-Dhunābah: its water is sweet.
Sol 6.1