لَعَمريby my life لِأَثمادُsurely the waterholes بنُson of خَنساKhansa وَماؤُهُand his water
لَعَمري لِأَثمادُ بنُ خَنسا وَماؤُهُ
مُسَلِّحَةُMusallihat الأُنثىal-Untha (the female) الخَبيثُfoul تُرابُهاits soil
مُسَلِّحَةُ الأُنثى الخَبيثُ تُرابُها
By my life, Ibn Khansa's waterholes and his water—
By my life! The water of Athmad the son of Khansa
Musallihat al-Untha, whose soil is foul—
Is armed, her despicable soil.
أَخَفُّlighter عَلىupon الشَيخِthe elder العِباديthe ʿIbadi مَؤونَةًin burden
أَخَفُّ عَلى الشَيخِ العِبادي مَؤونَةً
وَأَهوَنُand easier مِنthan حَربيmy war إِذاwhen صَرَّgrinds نابُهاits fang
وَأَهوَنُ مِن حَربي إِذا صَرَّ نابُها
Are less burdensome to the ʿIbadi elder,
It is lighter for the devout old man to bear
And easier than war with me when its fang grinds.
And easier than my war when its severity intensifies.
أَفيover (interrogative) أورَةٍAwra عالَجتُهاI worked on it وَحَفَرتُهاand I dug it
أَفي أورَةٍ عالَجتُها وَحَفَرتُها
تَميمٌTamim حَوالَيهاaround it وَعِنديand with me كِتابُهاits deed
تَميمٌ حَوالَيها وَعِندي كِتابُها
Is it over Awra, which I worked and dug,
Have I healed it in a shelter I dug around it -
With Tamim all around it and its deed in my keeping?
Tamim are its surroundings and with me is its book.
لَناours مَنبِتُgrowing ground الضَمرانِthe damran shrub ياO آلَclan of مالِكٍMalik
لَنا مَنبِتُ الضَمرانِ يا آلَ مالِكٍ
وَعَرفَجُand arfaj shrubs سُلمِيٍّSulmi لَناours وَصِعابُهاand its rugged tracts
وَعَرفَجُ سُلمِيٍّ لَنا وَصِعابُها
Ours is the ground where damran grows, O clan of Malik,
For us is the pasture of adh-Dhimraan, O clan of Malik!
And Sulmi's arfaj shrubs are ours, and its rugged tracts.
And the rugged path of Sulamiyy is for us and its precipices.
Sol 6.1