أَيَهتِفُdoes he call out? مَكروبٌa distressed man بِبَكرِupon Bakr بنِson of وائِلٍWa’il
أَيَهتِفُ مَكروبٌ بِبَكرِ بنِ وائِلٍ
تَخَوَّنَهُhas betrayed him كابٍfaltering مِنَof الجَدِّfortune عاثِرُstumbling
تَخَوَّنَهُ كابٍ مِنَ الجَدِّ عاثِرُ
Does a man in distress call upon Bakr ibn Wa’il,
Whom a faltering, stumbling turn of fortune has betrayed?
تُسَوِّقُهُdrives him ذُهلُDhuhl بنُson of ضُبَّةَDubba فيكُمُamong you
تُسَوِّقُهُ ذُهلُ بنُ ضُبَّةَ فيكُمُ
عَلىin حالَةٍa state قَدalready أَفرَدَتهُleft him alone العَشائِرُthe clans
عَلى حالَةٍ قَد أَفرَدَتهُ العَشائِرُ
Dhuhl ibn Dubba drives him among you,
In a state where the clans have left him alone.
دَعَوتُI called upon لُجَيماًLujaym إِذwhen تَجَنَّبتُI shunned خِندِفاًKhindif
دَعَوتُ لُجَيماً إِذ تَجَنَّبتُ خِندِفاً
وَلَمand not يَكُwas مِنهُمfrom among them حَولَaround بَيتِيَmy house ناصِرُa supporter
وَلَم يَكُ مِنهُم حَولَ بَيتِيَ ناصِرُ
I called upon Lujaym when I shunned Khindif,
And there was no supporter from among them around my house.
Sol 6.1