إِنif تَسأَلِyou ask الأَشياخَthe elders مِنfrom آلِthe clan of مازِنٍMazin
إِن تَسأَلِ الأَشياخَ مِن آلِ مازِنٍ
تُرَدَّyou will be referred إِلىto عِلجٍa non-Arab كَثيرِhaving many القَوادِحِfaults
تُرَدَّ إِلى عِلجٍ كَثيرِ القَوادِحِ
If you ask the elders of Mazin's clan,
If you ask the elders of the clan of Mazin
You will be referred to a non-Arab with many faults.
You will be led back to many a night of revelry
وَكَمand many a فيin قُرىthe villages of مَيسانَMaysan مِنof عِلجِa non-Arab قَريَةٍa village
وَكَم في قُرى مَيسانَ مِن عِلجِ قَريَةٍ
قَريبٍrelated بِكَفَّيهِon both his palms الوُشومُthe tattoos لِصالِحِto Salih
قَريبٍ بِكَفَّيهِ الوُشومُ لِصالِحِ
And many a non-Arab villager in Maysan's villages
And how many are there in the villages of Maysan
Is kin to Salih, with tattoos on both his palms.
A village of warriors with tattooed arms for Saleh
يَقولونَthey say صَبِّحvisit in the morning صالِحاًSalih فَاِستَغِثthen seek help بِهِfrom him
يَقولونَ صَبِّح صالِحاً فَاِستَغِث بِهِ
وَماand not صالِحٌSalih ريحُthe stench of الخُروءِexcrement بِصالِحِany good
وَما صالِحٌ ريحُ الخُروءِ بِصالِحِ
They say, "Visit Salih in the morning, then seek his help."
They say, “Say good morning to Saleh and seek his aid”
And Salih—the stench of excrement—is no good.
Yet Saleh is not a man to be moved by entreaty
Sol 6.1