أَلاAh! مَنwho مُبلِغٌwill convey a message عَنّيon my behalf رَبيعاًto Rabīʿ
أَلا مَن مُبلِغٌ عَنّي رَبيعاً
فَماso what أَحدَثتَhave you done فيamid الحَدَثانِtime's vicissitudes بَعديin my absence
فَما أَحدَثتَ في الحَدَثانِ بَعدي
Ah, who will carry word from me to Rabīʿ?
So what have you done amid time's vicissitudes in my absence?
أَبوكَyour father أَبوfather of الفَعالِnoble deeds أَبوAbū (father of) بَراءٍBarāʾ
أَبوكَ أَبو الفَعالِ أَبو بَراءٍ
وَخالُكَand your maternal uncle ماجِدٌnoble حَكَمُḤakam بنُson of سَعدِSaʿd
وَخالُكَ ماجِدٌ حَكَمُ بنُ سَعدِ
Your father is Abū Barāʾ, father of noble deeds,
and your maternal uncle is the noble Ḥakam ibn Saʿd.
بَنيO sons of أُمِّUmm (mother of) البَنينِal-Banīn (the sons) أَلَمdid ... not يَرُعكُمalarm you
بَني أُمِّ البَنينِ أَلَم يَرُعكُم
وَأَنتُمand you مِنamong ذَوائِبِthe foremost أَهلِthe people of نَجدِNajd
وَأَنتُم مِن ذَوائِبِ أَهلِ نَجدِ
O sons of Umm al-Banīn, did it not alarm you—
you who are among the foremost of Najd's people—
تَهَكُّمُmockery عامِرٍʿĀmir بِأَبيof Abū (father of) بَراءٍBarāʾ
تَهَكُّمُ عامِرٍ بِأَبي بَراءٍ
لِيُخفِرَهُto dishonor his pledged protection وَماand not خَطَأٌa mistake كَعَمدِlike a deliberate act
لِيُخفِرَهُ وَما خَطَأٌ كَعَمدِ
that ʿĀmir mocked Abū Barāʾ
to dishonor his pledged protection? And a mistake is not like a deliberate act.
Sol 6.1