إلىuntil كمْhow long هكذاlike this سمناstoutness وطولاًand height
إلى كمْ هكذا سمنا وطولاً
وأمُّكِand your mother ذاتُpossessing عِرْقٍa root; a vein مُستدقِّvery slender
وأمُّكِ ذاتُ عِرْقٍ مُستدقِّ
How long will you remain so stout and tall,
For so long we have grown, in height and girth
while your mother has a slender root?
Your mother, of refined lineage
لقدْindeed أصبحتُماyou two have become طَرَفَيthe two extremes of نقيضٍopposition
لقدْ أصبحتُما طَرَفَي نقيضٍ
ألاAh! ياO نخلةٌa palm tree مِنْfrom ذاتِDhāt (part of the place name) عرْقِʿIrq (part of the place name)
ألا يا نخلةٌ مِنْ ذاتِ عرْقِ
Indeed, you two have become opposite extremes—
You've become two opposites
Ah, O palm tree from Dhāt ʿIrq!
Oh, date palm, of noble roots
Sol 6.1