وَلَقَد حَلَفتُ بِرَبِّ مَكَّةَ صادِقاً

وَلَقَد حَلَفتُ بِرَبِّ مَكَّةَ صادِقاً

لَولا قَرابَةُ نِسوَةٍ بِالحاجِرِ

لَولا قَرابَةُ نِسوَةٍ بِالحاجِرِ

And I have indeed sworn truthfully by the Lord of Mecca:

Were it not for kinship with women at al-Ḥājir,

لَكَسَوتُ عُقبَةَ كِسوَةً مَشهورَةً

لَكَسَوتُ عُقبَةَ كِسوَةً مَشهورَةً

تَرِدُ المَناهِلَ مَن كَلامٍ عائِرِ

تَرِدُ المَناهِلَ مَن كَلامٍ عائِرِ

I would surely have clothed ʿUqbah in a notorious garment

That reaches the watering places, made of far-ranging words.