وَقُلتُand I said لِعَوفٍto ʿAwf اِقبِلواaccept (plural) النُصحَthe counsel تَرشُدواyou will go aright (plural)
وَقُلتُ لِعَوفٍ اِقبِلوا النُصحَ تَرشُدوا
وَيَحكُمُand will judge فيماconcerning what بَينَناbetween us حَكَمانِtwo arbiters
وَيَحكُمُ فيما بَينَنا حَكَمانِ
And I said to ʿAwf: Accept counsel, and you will find the right way,
and two arbiters will judge between us.
وَإِلّاand if not فَإِنّاthen indeed we لاno هَوادَةَtruce بَينَناbetween us
وَإِلّا فَإِنّا لا هَوادَةَ بَينَنا
بِصُلحٍthrough a peace accord إِذاwhen ماemphatic particle تَلتَقيmeet الفِئَتانِthe two sides
بِصُلحٍ إِذا ما تَلتَقي الفِئَتانِ
Otherwise, there shall be no truce between us
through a peace accord when the two sides meet,
سِوىexcept كُلِّevery مَذروبٍsharpened blade جَلاpolished القَينُthe smith حَدَّهُits edge
سِوى كُلِّ مَذروبٍ جَلا القَينُ حَدَّهُ
وَسَهمٍand an arrow سَريعٍswift قَتلُهُits killing وَسِنانِand a spearhead
وَسَهمٍ سَريعٍ قَتلُهُ وَسِنانِ
save with every keen blade whose edge the smith has polished,
and an arrow swift to kill, and a spearhead.
فَإِنَّfor indeed كُلَيباًKulayb كانَused to يَظلُمُoppress رَهطَهُhis clan
فَإِنَّ كُلَيباً كانَ يَظلُمُ رَهطَهُ
فَاَدرَكَهُso it overtook him مِثلُthe like الَّذيthat which تَريانِyou two see
فَاَدرَكَهُ مِثلُ الَّذي تَريانِ
For Kulayb used to oppress his clan,
so the like of what you two see overtook him.
فَلَمّاthen when سَقاهُmade him drink السُمَّthe poison رُمحُspear اِبنِson of عَمِّهِhis paternal uncle
فَلَمّا سَقاهُ السُمَّ رُمحُ اِبنِ عَمِّهِ
تَذَكَّرَhe remembered ظُلمَwronging الأَهلِthe kin أِيّwhat أَوانِa time
تَذَكَّرَ ظُلمَ الأَهلِ أِيّ أَوانِ
Then, when his cousin's spear made him drink poison,
he recalled how he had wronged his kin—at what a time!
وَقالَand he said لِجَسّاسٍto Jassas أَغِثنيhelp me بِشِربَةٍwith a drink
وَقالَ لِجَسّاسٍ أَغِثني بِشِربَةٍ
وَإِلّاand if not فَنَبئthen inform مَنwhomever لَقَيتَyou meet مَكانيmy whereabouts
وَإِلّا فَنَبئ مَن لَقَيتَ مَكاني
And he said to Jassas: Help me with a drink,
or else tell whomever you meet where I am.
فَقالَso he said تَجاوَزتَyou have passed beyond الأَحَصَّal-Aḥaṣṣ وَماءَهُand its water
فَقالَ تَجاوَزتَ الأَحَصَّ وَماءَهُ
وَبَطنَand the valley-bed of شُبيثٍShubayth وَهُوَand it غَيرُnot دِفانِhidden
وَبَطنَ شُبيثٍ وَهُوَ غَيرُ دِفانِ
So he said: You have passed al-Aḥaṣṣ and its water,
and the valley-bed of Shubayth, which is not hidden.
Sol 6.1