هُمthey زَوَّجواmarried off قَبليbefore me ضِراراًDirar وَأَنكَحواand gave a wife to
هُم زَوَّجوا قَبلي ضِراراً وَأَنكَحوا
لَقيطاًLaqit وَهُمand they أَكفاؤُناour equals فيin المَناسِبِlineage
لَقيطاً وَهُم أَكفاؤُنا في المَناسِبِ
They married off Dirar before me, and gave a wife to
Laqit; they are our equals in lineage.
وَلَوand if تُنكِحُgives in marriage الشَمسُthe sun النُجومَthe stars بَناتِهاher daughters
وَلَو تُنكِحُ الشَمسُ النُجومَ بَناتِها
إِذاًthen لَنَكَحناهُنَّwe would surely marry them قَبلَbefore الكَواكِبِthe stars
إِذاً لَنَكَحناهُنَّ قَبلَ الكَواكِبِ
And were the sun to marry her daughters to the stars,
then we would surely wed them before the stars.
وَماand never اِستَعهَدَdemanded a pledge الأَقوامُthe peoples مِنfrom زَوجِa husband of حُرَّةٍa freeborn woman
وَما اِستَعهَدَ الأَقوامُ مِن زَوجِ حُرَّةٍ
مِنَamong الناسِpeople إِلّاexcept مِنكَfrom you أَوor مِنfrom مُحارِبِMuharib
مِنَ الناسِ إِلّا مِنكَ أَو مِن مُحارِبِ
Nor have people ever demanded a pledge from a freeborn woman's husband,
among all men, except from you or from Muharib.
لَعَلَّكَperhaps you فيconcerning حَدراءَHadra' لُمتَyou reproached عَلىon account of الَّذيthe one whom
لَعَلَّكَ في حَدراءَ لُمتَ عَلى الَّذي
تَخَيَّرَتِchose المِعزىthe goats عَلىabove كُلِّevery حالِبِmilker
تَخَيَّرَتِ المِعزى عَلى كُلِّ حالِبِ
Perhaps your reproach over Hadra' concerned the man
whom the goats chose above every milker—
عَطِيَّةَAtiyya أَوor ذيthe wearer of بُردَتَينِtwo cloaks كَأَنَّهُas though he were
عَطِيَّةَ أَو ذي بُردَتَينِ كَأَنَّهُ
عَطِيَّةُa gift زَوجٍa mate لِلأَتانِfor the she-ass وَراكِبِand a rider
عَطِيَّةُ زَوجٍ لِلأَتانِ وَراكِبِ
Atiyya, or the wearer of two cloaks—as though he were
a gift of a mate and rider to the she-ass.
Sol 6.1