رِعاءُshepherds الشاءِthe sheep زَيدَO Zayd مَناةَManāt كانواthey were
رِعاءُ الشاءِ زَيدَ مَناةَ كانوا
بِكاظِمَةِat Kāẓima العِراقِIraq بَنيsons of لَكاعاa vile woman
بِكاظِمَةِ العِراقِ بَني لَكاعا
The sheep-herders, O Zayd Manāt, were
The shepherds of sheep, Zayd and Manah
At Kāẓima in Iraq, sons of a vile woman.
Were of the Kaadhima clan of Iraq, Bani Lakaa'
وَلَوand if شَهِدَتyou had witnessed بَنيthe sons of ذَهَلٍDhuhl لَحامواthey would have defended
وَلَو شَهِدَت بَني ذَهَلٍ لَحاموا
عَلىin defense of أَحسابِthe ancestral honor of ضَبَّةَḌabba أَنlest تُضاعاit be lost
عَلى أَحسابِ ضَبَّةَ أَن تُضاعا
And had you witnessed the sons of Dhuhl, they would have defended
And had the tribe of Banu Dhahl witnessed, they would have protected
Ḍabba’s ancestral honor against being lost.
The coats of mail, that they not be taken away
Sol 6.1