ياO دَوسُDaws إِنَّindeed أَباAbu أُزَيهِرَUzayhir أَصبَحَتhave become
يا دَوسُ إِنَّ أَبا أُزَيهِرَ أَصبَحَت
أَصدائُهُhis remains رَهنَheld hostage at المُضَيَّحِal-Mudayyah فَاِقدَحيso kindle
أَصدائُهُ رَهنَ المُضَيَّحِ فَاِقدَحي
O Daws, as for Abu Uzayhir, now
O Dawos, truly Abu Uzayhir's
His remains lie hostage at al-Mudayyah; so kindle
Echoes have become hostage to the valley, so inspire
حَرباًa war يَشيبُturns gray لَهاbecause of it الوَليدُthe infant وَإِنَّماand only
حَرباً يَشيبُ لَها الوَليدُ وَإِنَّما
يَأتيaccepts الدَنِيَّةَdisgrace كُلُّevery عَبدٍslave نُحنُحِcontemptible
يَأتي الدَنِيَّةَ كُلُّ عَبدٍ نُحنُحِ
A war that turns an infant gray; for only
A war that makes the sturdy grey, though every
A contemptible slave would submit to disgrace.
Base slave comes to vileness in the end
فَاِبكيso mourn أَخاكِyour brother بِكُلِّwith every أَسمَرَdark spear ذابِلٍslender
فَاِبكي أَخاكِ بِكُلِّ أَسمَرَ ذابِلٍ
وَبِكُلِّand with every أَبيَضَbright sword كَالعَقيقَةِlike lightning مُصفَحِbroad-bladed
وَبِكُلِّ أَبيَضَ كَالعَقيقَةِ مُصفَحِ
So mourn your brother with every slender, dark spear,
Then mourn your brother with each tanned one, faded,
And with every broad-bladed, bright sword, like lightning,
And each white one like carnelian engraved
وَبِكُلِّand with every صافِيَةِsmooth الأَديمِof skin كَأَنَّهاas though it were
وَبِكُلِّ صافِيَةِ الأَديمِ كَأَنَّها
فَتخاءُa broad-winged eagle كاسِرَةٌswooping تَدُفُّflies low وَتَطمَحِand soars
فَتخاءُ كاسِرَةٌ تَدُفُّ وَتَطمَحِ
And with every smooth-skinned one, as though it were
And each smooth soft leather one as if
A broad-winged eagle, swooping, flying low and soaring.
A pregnant she-camel yearning, desiring to give birth
وَطِمِرَّةٍand a swift mare مَرَطىfleet الجِراءِin running كَأَنَّهاas though she were
وَطِمِرَّةٍ مَرَطى الجِراءِ كَأَنَّها
سيدٌa wolf بِمُقفِرَةٍin a wilderness وَسَهبٍand a plain أَفيَحِwide-open
سيدٌ بِمُقفِرَةٍ وَسَهبٍ أَفيَحِ
And a swift mare, fleet in her running, as though she were
And a spotted she-camel whose spots the bare ground accentuate as if
A wolf in wasteland and wide-open steppe.
A master with an austere abode and vast courtyard
إِنif تَقتُلواyou kill مِئَةًa hundred بِهِto avenge him فَدَنِيَّةٌthen it is paltry
إِن تَقتُلوا مِئَةً بِهِ فَدَنِيَّةٌ
بِأَبيin exchange for Abu أُزَيهِرَUzayhir مِنfrom among رِجالِthe men الأَبطَحِal-Abtah
بِأَبي أُزَيهِرَ مِن رِجالِ الأَبطَحِ
If you kill a hundred to avenge him, it is a paltry price—
If you kill a hundred because of him, still it is baseness
Men of al-Abtah in exchange for Abu Uzayhir.
Compared to Abu Uzayhir's men on the high ground
Sol 6.1