تَمَنَّيتَنيyou wished me to be قَيسَQays بنَson of سَعدٍSaʿd سَفاهَةًfoolishly
تَمَنَّيتَني قَيسَ بنَ سَعدٍ سَفاهَةً
وَأَنتَand you اِمرُؤٌa man لاnot تَحتَويكَinclude you المَقانِبُthe cavalry troops
وَأَنتَ اِمرُؤٌ لا تَحتَويكَ المَقانِبُ
Foolishly, you wished me to be Qays ibn Saʿd,
Qays ibn Sa'd wished me foolishness
Yet you are a man whom no cavalry troop includes.
While you are a man who cannot be contained by fate
وَأَنتَand you اِمرُؤٌa man جَعدُcurly-haired القَفاthe nape مُتَعَكِّسٌill-natured
وَأَنتَ اِمرُؤٌ جَعدُ القَفا مُتَعَكِّسٌ
مِنَof الأَقَطِthe dried curds الحَوليِّyear-old شَبعانُsated كانِبُrough-skinned
مِنَ الأَقَطِ الحَوليِّ شَبعانُ كانِبُ
And you are a curly-naped, ill-natured man,
And you are a man with curly hair on your nape
Sated with year-old dried curds, rough-skinned.
Sated from the yearly prey, a cunning hunter
إِذاwhen اِنتَسَبواthey traced their lineage لَمdid not يَعرِفواthey know غَيرَother than ثَعلَبٍThaʿlab ('fox')
إِذا اِنتَسَبوا لَم يَعرِفوا غَيرَ ثَعلَبٍ
إِلَيهِمto them وَمِنand among شَرِّthe worst of السِباعِthe beasts of prey الثَعالِبُthe foxes
إِلَيهِم وَمِن شَرِّ السِباعِ الثَعالِبُ
When they trace their lineage, they know none but Thaʿlab ('Fox'),
When they claim ancestry, they know no other but foxes
Linked to them—and foxes are among the vilest beasts of prey.
To them, and of evil beasts, the foxes
Sol 6.1