أَبلِغTell هَوازِنَHawazin أَعلاهاits highest وَأَسفَلَهاand its lowest
أَبلِغ هَوازِنَ أَعلاها وَأَسفَلَها
أَنthat لَستُI am not هاجِيَهاsatirizing it إِلّاexcept بِماfor what فيهاis in it
أَن لَستُ هاجِيَها إِلّا بِما فيها
Tell Hawazin, its highest and its lowest,
that I lampoon it only for the faults it has.
قَبيلَةٌa tribe أَلأَمُthe basest of الأَحياءِthe living أَكرَمُهاits noblest
قَبيلَةٌ أَلأَمُ الأَحياءِ أَكرَمُها
وَأَغدَرُand the most treacherous of الناسِpeople بِالجيرانِtoward neighbors وافيهاits faithful one
وَأَغدَرُ الناسِ بِالجيرانِ وافيها
A tribe whose noblest is the basest of the living,
and whose faithful one is the most treacherous of people toward neighbors;
وَشَرُّand the worst of مَنthose who يَحضُرُinhabit الأَمصارَthe towns حاضِرُهاits town-dweller
وَشَرُّ مَن يَحضُرُ الأَمصارَ حاضِرُها
وَشَرُّand the worst of بادِيَةِthe nomads of الأَعرابِthe Arabs باديهاits nomad
وَشَرُّ بادِيَةِ الأَعرابِ باديها
and its townsman is the worst of all who dwell in towns,
and its nomad is the worst of the nomadic Arabs.
تَبلىdecay عِظامُهُمُtheir bones إِمّاwhen هُمُthey دُفِنواare buried
تَبلى عِظامُهُمُ إِمّا هُمُ دُفِنوا
تَحتَbeneath التُرابِthe earth وَلاand do not تَبلىdecay مَخازيهاits disgraces
تَحتَ التُرابِ وَلا تَبلى مَخازيها
Their bones decay when they are buried
beneath the earth, but its disgraces never decay.
كَأَنَّas though أَسنانَهُمtheir teeth مِنfrom خُبثِthe foulness of طِعمَتِهِمtheir food
كَأَنَّ أَسنانَهُم مِن خُبثِ طِعمَتِهِم
أَظفارُthe fingernails of خاتِنَةٍa female circumciser كَلَّتhave grown blunt مَواسيهاher razors
أَظفارُ خاتِنَةٍ كَلَّت مَواسيها
Their teeth, from the foulness of their food, seem like
the fingernails of a female circumciser whose razors have grown blunt.
Sol 6.1