وخيلٍand many a cavalry troop قدindeed دَلَفتُI advanced لهاagainst it بِخَيلٍwith cavalry
وخيلٍ قد دَلَفتُ لها بِخَيلٍ
تحيّةُgreeting بَينِهمbetween them ضربٌblows وَجيعُpainful
تحيّةُ بَينِهم ضربٌ وَجيعُ
And against many a cavalry troop I have advanced with cavalry;
Their greeting to one another was painful blows.
وفيand among كعبٍKaʿb وإخوَتِهاand its kin كِلابٍKilāb
وفي كعبٍ وإخوَتِها كِلابٍ
سَوَاميlofty الطَرفِof gaze غاليةُcostly البُضُوعِmarriage rights
سَوَامي الطَرفِ غاليةُ البُضُوعِ
And among Kaʿb and its kin, Kilāb,
Are women of lofty gaze, costly to wed.
وقدand already جاوَزنَthey crossed منfrom غُمدانَGhumdān أرضاًa land
وقد جاوَزنَ من غُمدانَ أرضاً
لأَبوالِfor the urine البغالِthe mules بهاin it وَقيعُa pattering sound
لأَبوالِ البغالِ بها وَقيعُ
And from Ghumdān they have crossed a land
Where mules’ urine makes a pattering sound.
Sol 6.1