ياO حارِHarith (shortened) لَستَyou are not كَأَقوامٍlike clans تَمُتُّyou claim kinship بِهِمwith them
يا حارِ لَستَ كَأَقوامٍ تَمُتُّ بِهِم
فَاِلحَقso join بِأَصلِكَto your stock مِنfrom شِجعٍShijʿ إِذاwhen نُسِبواtheir lineages are traced
فَاِلحَق بِأَصلِكَ مِن شِجعٍ إِذا نُسِبوا
O Harith, you are not like the clans with whom you claim kinship.
So join your own stock in Shijʿ when lineages are traced.
إِنَّindeed العَرانينَthe chieftains مِنfrom كَعبٍKaʿb وَعامِرِهاand its ʿAmir
إِنَّ العَرانينَ مِن كَعبٍ وَعامِرِها
وَهاشِمٍand Hashim وَقَديمُand ancient المَجدِglory وَالحَسَبُand ancestral honor
وَهاشِمٍ وَقَديمُ المَجدِ وَالحَسَبُ
Indeed, the chieftains are from Kaʿb and its ʿAmir,
And Hashim; theirs are ancient glory and ancestral honor.
مِنهُمamong them رَسولُthe Messenger الهُدىguidance وَاللَهُand God فَضَّلَهُfavored him
مِنهُم رَسولُ الهُدى وَاللَهُ فَضَّلَهُ
ماnot فيamong الأَنامِhumankind لَهُfor him عَدلٌan equal وَلاand no كَثَبُnear peer
ما في الأَنامِ لَهُ عَدلٌ وَلا كَثَبُ
Among them is the Messenger of guidance, and God has favored him.
Among humankind he has no equal, nor anyone who comes close.
قَومٌa people أَضاءَتgrew bright لَهُfor him الظَلماءُthe darkness وَاِنقَشَعَتand lifted
قَومٌ أَضاءَت لَهُ الظَلماءُ وَاِنقَشَعَت
عَنهُfrom him العَمايَةُblindness وَالأَهوالُand terrors وَالكُرَبُand sorrows
عَنهُ العَمايَةُ وَالأَهوالُ وَالكُرَبُ
A people—the darkness grew bright for him, and there lifted
From him blindness, terrors, and sorrows.
Sol 6.1