ألاAh! هلْis there ثائِرٌan avenger بدماءِfor the blood of قومِa people
ألا هلْ ثائِرٌ بدماءِ قومِ
أصابهمُstruck them down عُمَيْرُʿUmayr بنson of الحُبابِal-Ḥubāb
أصابهمُ عُمَيْرُ بن الحُبابِ
Ah, is there an avenger for the blood of a people
Is there no avenger with the blood of a people
whom ʿUmayr ibn al-Ḥubāb struck down?
Whom Umayr ibn Al-Hubab has afflicted?
وهلْand is there فيamong عامرِʿĀmir يوماًever نَكيرٌretaliation
وهلْ في عامرِ يوماً نَكيرٌ
وحَيَّيْand the two clans of عبدِوُدِّʿAbd Wudd أوor جَنابِJanāb
وحَيَّيْ عبدِوُدِّ أو جَنابِ
And will there ever be retaliation among ʿĀmir
Is there no helper in Aamer on a fateful day,
and the two clans of ʿAbd Wudd or Janāb?
Or Hayya Abdood or Janab?
فإنْfor if لمnot تَثْأَرواyou avenge منthose whom قدindeed أَصابُواthey struck down
فإنْ لم تَثْأَروا من قد أَصابُوا
فَكونواthen be أعبُداًslaves لِبنَيto the sons of كَلابِKilāb
فَكونوا أعبُداً لِبنَي كَلابِ
For if you do not avenge those they have struck down,
If you do not avenge those who assaulted you,
then be slaves to the sons of Kilāb.
Then be slaves to the sons of dogs.
أبعدَis it after بنيthe sons of الجُلاحِal-Julāḥ ومنand those whom تركتُمْyou left
أبعدَ بني الجُلاحِ ومن تركتُمْ
بجانِبbeside كوكبِKawkab تحتَbeneath التُّرابِthe earth
بجانِب كوكبِ تحتَ التُّرابِ
After the sons of al-Julāḥ and those you left
After the tribe of Julah and those you left
beside Kawkab, beneath the earth,
Near the star beneath the dust,
تطيبُis sweet لغائرٍfor one protective of his honor منْكمamong you حياةٌlife
تطيبُ لغائرٍ منْكم حياةٌ
ألاAh! لاno عَيْشَlife للحيِّfor the clan المُصابِstricken
ألا لا عَيْشَ للحيِّ المُصابِ
can life be sweet for any of you who jealously guards his honor?
Does life seem sweet to the survivors among you?
Ah, there is no life for the stricken clan.
No! There is no life for the stricken alive.
Sol 6.1