بَيِّنmake clear إِذاwhen نَزَلَتdescends عَلَيكَupon you مُجاشِعٌMujāshiʿ
بَيِّن إِذا نَزَلَت عَلَيكَ مُجاشِعٌ
أَوor نَهشَلٌNahshal تِلعاتُكُمyour upland valleys ماwhat تَصنَعُyou do
أَو نَهشَلٌ تِلعاتُكُم ما تَصنَعُ
Make clear, when Mujāshiʿ descends upon you,
or Nahshal into your upland valleys, what you will do,
فيin جَحفَلٍa vast army لَجِبٍclamorous كَأَنَّas though زُهاءَهُits multitude
في جَحفَلٍ لَجِبٍ كَأَنَّ زُهاءَهُ
شَرقِيُّthe eastern side of رُكنِthe peak of عَمايَتَينِʿAmāyatayn الأَرفَعُthe loftiest
شَرقِيُّ رُكنِ عَمايَتَينِ الأَرفَعُ
in a vast, clamorous army whose mass seems like
the eastern flank of ʿAmāyatayn's loftiest peak.
وَإِذاand when طُهَيَّةُṬuhayya مِنfrom وَرائيbehind me أَصبَحَتcomes to be
وَإِذا طُهَيَّةُ مِن وَرائي أَصبَحَت
أَجَمُthickets الرِماحِof spears عَلَيهِمُabove them يَتَزَعزَعُsways
أَجَمُ الرِماحِ عَلَيهِمُ يَتَزَعزَعُ
And when Ṭuhayya comes to stand behind me,
the thickets of spears above them sway.
حَوضيmy pool بَنوthe sons of عُدُسٍʿUdus عَلىat مَسقاتُهِits watering-place
حَوضي بَنو عُدُسٍ عَلى مَسقاتُهِ
وَبَنوand the sons of شَرافَSharāf مِنَwith المَكارِمِnoble deeds مُترَعُbrimful
وَبَنو شَرافَ مِنَ المَكارِمِ مُترَعُ
My pool, with the sons of ʿUdus at its watering-place
and the sons of Sharāf, is brimful of noble deeds.
إِنif كانَwas قَدalready أَعياكَhas defeated you نَقضُrefutation of قَصائِديmy poems
إِن كانَ قَد أَعياكَ نَقضُ قَصائِدي
فَاِنظُرthen look جَريرُJarīr إِذاwhen تَلاقىcomes together المَجمَعُthe assembly
فَاِنظُر جَريرُ إِذا تَلاقى المَجمَعُ
If refuting my poems has already defeated you,
then look, Jarīr, when the assembly meets
وَتَهادَرواand they bellow at one another بِشَقاشِقٍwith camel throat-sacs أَعناقُهاtheir necks
وَتَهادَروا بِشَقاشِقٍ أَعناقُها
غُلبُthick الرِقابِthe necks قُرومُهاtheir mighty camel bulls لاnot توزَعُare restrained
غُلبُ الرِقابِ قُرومُها لا توزَعُ
and they bellow at one another with throat-sacs, their necks
thick and stout, their mighty camel bulls unrestrained.
هَلwhether تَأتِيَنَّyou will surely come بِمِثلِwith the like of قَومِكَyour people دارِماًDārim
هَل تَأتِيَنَّ بِمِثلِ قَومِكَ دارِماً
قَوماًa people زُرارَةُZurāra مِنهُمُamong them وَالأَقرَعُand al-Aqraʿ
قَوماً زُرارَةُ مِنهُمُ وَالأَقرَعُ
Will you indeed face Dārim with the likes of your people—
a people with Zurāra and al-Aqraʿ among them,
وَعُطارِدٌand ʿUṭārid وَأَبوهُand his father مِنهُمamong them حاجِبٌḤājib
وَعُطارِدٌ وَأَبوهُ مِنهُم حاجِبٌ
وَالشَيخُand the elder ناجِيَةُNājiya الخِضَمُّthe munificent one المِصقَعُthe eloquent orator
وَالشَيخُ ناجِيَةُ الخِضَمُّ المِصقَعُ
and ʿUṭārid, and his father Ḥājib among them,
and the elder Nājiya, munificent and eloquent,
وَرَئيسُand the leader يَومِon the day of نَطاعِNaṭāʿ صَعصَعَةُṢaʿṣaʿa الَّذيwho
وَرَئيسُ يَومِ نَطاعِ صَعصَعَةُ الَّذي
حيناًat times يَضُرُّharms وَكانَand was حيناًat times يَنفَعُbenefits
حيناً يَضُرُّ وَكانَ حيناً يَنفَعُ
and the leader on the day of Naṭāʿ, Ṣaʿṣaʿa, who
sometimes dealt harm, and sometimes brought benefit?
وَاِسأَلand ask بِناabout us وَبِكُمand about you إِذاwhen وَرَدَتcome to مِنىًMinā
وَاِسأَل بِنا وَبِكُم إِذا وَرَدَت مِنىً
أَطرافُleading men كُلِّevery قَبيلَةٍtribe مَنwhoever يَسمَعُhears
أَطرافُ كُلِّ قَبيلَةٍ مَن يَسمَعُ
And ask about us and about you, when there come to Minā
the leading men of every tribe, those who hear
صَوتيmy voice وَصَوتَكَand your voice يُخبِروكَthey will tell you مَنِwho الَّذيthe one who
صَوتي وَصَوتَكَ يُخبِروكَ مَنِ الَّذي
عَنon behalf of كُلِّevery مَكرُمَةٍnoble distinction لِخِندِفَfor Khindif يَدفَعُdefends
عَن كُلِّ مَكرُمَةٍ لِخِندِفَ يَدفَعُ
my voice and yours: they will tell you who it is
who defends every noble distinction for Khindif.
وَإِذاand when أَخَذتَyou take بِقاصِعائِكَto your jerboa-burrow's entrance لَمnot تَجِدyou find
وَإِذا أَخَذتَ بِقاصِعائِكَ لَم تَجِد
أَحَداًanyone يُعينُكَhelps you غَيرَexcept مَنone who يَتَقَصَّعُretreats into a burrow
أَحَداً يُعينُكَ غَيرَ مَن يَتَقَصَّعُ
And when you take to your jerboa-burrow, you will not find
anyone to help you but another who retreats into a burrow.
Sol 6.1