مَنwhoever يَكُis عَنabout قَيسِQays بنِson of عَيلانَʿAylān سائِلاًasking
مَن يَكُ عَن قَيسِ بنِ عَيلانَ سائِلاً
فَفيthen in غَطَفانَGhaṭafān مَجدُglory قَيسٍQays وَخَيرُهاand its finest men
فَفي غَطَفانَ مَجدُ قَيسٍ وَخَيرُها
Whoever asks about Qays ibn ʿAylān—
then in Ghaṭafān lie the glory of Qays and its finest men.
لَهُمtheirs حامِلاهاits two bearers وَالفَوارِسُand the horsemen مِنهُمُfrom among them
لَهُم حامِلاها وَالفَوارِسُ مِنهُمُ
وَفاتِكُهاand its daring warrior مِنهُمfrom among them وَفيهِمand among them بُحورُهاits seas
وَفاتِكُها مِنهُم وَفيهِم بُحورُها
Its two mainstays are theirs, and the horsemen are from among them;
and its daring warrior is one of them, and among them are its seas.
إِذاwhenever رَهِقَتassailed قَيسَQays بنَson of عَيلانَʿAylān طَحمَةٌan onslaught
إِذا رَهِقَت قَيسَ بنَ عَيلانَ طَحمَةٌ
مُطَبِّقَةٌall-engulfing كانَتwere إِلَيكُمto you all أُمورُهاits affairs
مُطَبِّقَةٌ كانَت إِلَيكُم أُمورُها
Whenever an onslaught assailed Qays ibn ʿAylān,
all-engulfing, its affairs passed into your hands.
وَمَنand whoever يَطَّلِبseeks ماwhat قَدalready سَعىstrove لَكَfor you أَوor بَنىbuilt
وَمَن يَطَّلِب ما قَد سَعى لَكَ أَو بَنى
سُكَينٌSukayn تَصَعِّدهُraises him إِلىto الشَمسِthe sun نورُهاits light
سُكَينٌ تَصَعِّدهُ إِلى الشَمسِ نورُها
And whoever seeks what was striven for or built for you
by Sukayn is raised to the sun by its light.
أَلَمdid you not تَعلَمواyou all know أَنَّthat الكَبيرَthe great conflict يُهيجُهُstirs it up
أَلَم تَعلَموا أَنَّ الكَبيرَ يُهيجُهُ
مِنَof الحَربِwar مِنfrom أَيديthe hands of الغُواةِthe misguided صَغيرُهاits small conflict
مِنَ الحَربِ مِن أَيدي الغُواةِ صَغيرُها
Did you not know that a great conflict is stirred up
in war by a small one, at the hands of the misguided?
Sol 6.1