إِذاif كُنتَyou are مَلهوفاًdistressed أَصابَتكَstruck you نَكبَةٌa calamity
إِذا كُنتَ مَلهوفاً أَصابَتكَ نَكبَةٌ
فَنادِthen call out وَلاand do not تَعدِلequate others بِآلِwith the family of ذِراعِDhiraʿ
فَنادِ وَلا تَعدِل بِآلِ ذِراعِ
If you are distressed, struck by a calamity,
then call out, and set none equal to the house of Dhiraʿ.
سِراعٌswift إِلىtoward المُعروفِkindness وَالخَيرِand goodness وَالنَدىand generosity
سِراعٌ إِلى المُعروفِ وَالخَيرِ وَالنَدى
وَلَيسواand they are not إِلىtoward داعيthe caller to الخَناbaseness بِسِراعِswift
وَلَيسوا إِلى داعي الخَنا بِسِراعِ
They are swift toward kindness, goodness, and generosity,
and they are not swift toward the caller to baseness.
كَسَوتُI clothed قَتودَthe wooden supports of الرَحلِthe camel-saddle مِنfrom بَعدِafter ناقَتيmy she-camel
كَسَوتُ قَتودَ الرَحلِ مِن بَعدِ ناقَتي
بِأَحمَرَwith a red camel مَحبوكِfirmly knit الضُلوعِthe ribs رَباعِhaving four permanent incisors
بِأَحمَرَ مَحبوكِ الضُلوعِ رَباعِ
I clothed the saddle’s wooden supports, after my she-camel,
with a red, firm-ribbed, four-toothed camel.
فَماthus no حَسَبٌancestral honor مِنof نَهشَلٍNahshal تَشهَدونَهُyou all witness it
فَما حَسَبٌ مِن نَهشَلٍ تَشهَدونَهُ
إِذاwhen صارَcomes to be فيin أَيديهِمُtheir hands بِمُضاعِsquandered
إِذا صارَ في أَيديهِمُ بِمُضاعِ
Thus no ancestral honor of Nahshal that you witness
is squandered once it comes into their hands.
Sol 6.1