رُبَّmany a يَومٍday قَدmay يُرىbe seen فيهِin it هُبَلHubal
رُبَّ يَومٍ قَد يُرى فيهِ هُبَل
ذاpossessing سَوامٍgrazing livestock وَنَوالٍand bounty وَجَذَلand joy
ذا سَوامٍ وَنَوالٍ وَجَذَل
Many a day Hubal may be seen,
Many a day it shines bright with folly,
With grazing herds, bounty, and joy,
With ropes and buckets and water bag.
لاnot يُناجيهِspeaks privately to him وَلاand not يَخلواis alone بِهَلwith him (irregular form)
لا يُناجيهِ وَلا يَخلوا بِهَل
عَبدُʿAbd (servant) وُدٍّWudd (name) وَجُبَيلٌand Jubayl وَحَجَلand Ḥajal
عَبدُ وُدٍّ وَجُبَيلٌ وَحَجَل
Neither spoken to in confidence nor joined in private
None parley with it or consort alone,
By ʿAbd Wudd, Jubayl, and Ḥajal.
Servant of love, yet sound in his wit.
Sol 6.1