إذاif ماan emphatic particle ترينيyou see me اليومtoday مزجىَّurging onward ظعينتيmy litter-bearing camel
إذا ما تريني اليوم مزجىَّ ظعينتي
أصعِّدُI ascend سيراًtraveling فيthrough البلادthe lands وأُفرعand I descend
أصعِّدُ سيراً في البلاد وأُفرع
If you see me today urging my litter-bearing camel onward,
If you see me today deluded and love-sick,
Traveling uphill through the lands and descending,
I wander aimlessly through lands remote,
فإنيfor indeed I منfrom قومٍa people سواكمother than you وإنماand only
فإني من قومٍ سواكم وإنما
رجاليmy men فَهمٌFahm بالحجازin the Hijaz وأشجعand Ashjaʿ
رجالي فَهمٌ بالحجاز وأشجع
For I belong to a people other than you, and only
For I am of a people other than you,
Fahm in the Hijaz and Ashjaʿ are my men.
My men are in Hijaz, resolute and brave.
Sol 6.1