أَلاAh! مَنwho مُبلِغٌwill inform عَمرَوʿAmr بنson of لأيٍLaʾy
أَلا مَن مُبلِغٌ عَمرَو بن لأيٍ
بِأَنَّof the fact that بَيانَan account غِلمَتِهِمtheir young men لَدَيناwith us
بِأَنَّ بَيانَ غِلمَتِهِم لَدَينا
Ah, who will tell ʿAmr son of Laʾy
that we have news of their young men?
فَلَمfor … did not نَقتُلهُمُwe kill them بِدَمٍin blood vengeance وَلَكنbut rather
فَلَم نَقتُلهُمُ بِدَمٍ وَلَكن
لِلؤمِهمُfor their baseness وَهَونِهمُand their worthlessness عَلَيناin our eyes
لِلؤمِهمُ وَهَونِهمُ عَلَينا
For we did not kill them to avenge blood, but
for their baseness and their worthlessness in our eyes.
فَإِنّيfor I لَنwill not يُفارِقَنيleave me نُبالٌNubāl
فَإِنّي لَن يُفارِقَني نُبالٌ
يَرىhe regards التَعداءَgalloping وَالتَقريبَand cantering ديناa creed
يَرى التَعداءَ وَالتَقريبَ دينا
For Nubāl will not leave me;
he regards galloping and cantering as his creed.
جَلَبناwe brought الخَيلَthe horses مِنfrom حَلفاءesparto grass قرنٍQarn
جَلَبنا الخَيلَ مِن حَلفاء قرنٍ
وَنوردهاand we bring them to water لِظاهِرَةfor a midday watering ٍ حَنيناḤanīn
وَنوردها لِظاهِرَة ٍ حَنينا
We brought the horses from the esparto grass of Qarn,
and bring them to Ḥanīn for a midday watering.
فَلمّاthen when أَنthat (linking particle) أَتيناwe came عَلىupon تُمَيلٍTumayl
فَلمّا أَن أَتينا عَلى تُمَيلٍ
تَأَزَّرنَthey wrapped themselves at the waist المجاسِدَthe crimson garments وَاِرتَديناand we wore them as cloaks
تَأَزَّرنَ المجاسِدَ وَاِرتَدينا
Then, when we came upon Tumayl,
they wrapped crimson garments about their waists, and we wore them as cloaks.
Sol 6.1