دَعleave aside عَنكَaway from you نَهباًplunder صيحَcries were raised فيin حَجَراتِهِits surroundings
دَع عَنكَ نَهباً صيحَ في حَجَراتِهِ
وَلَكِنand yet حَديثاًa tale ماwhat! (exclamatory) حَديثُthe tale of الرَواحِلِthe riding-camels
وَلَكِن حَديثاً ما حَديثُ الرَواحِلِ
Leave aside the plunder, with cries raised all around it;
And yet the riding-camels' tale—what a tale!
كَأَنَّas though دِثاراًDithar حَلَّقَتsoared بِلَبونِهِwith his milk-giving camels
كَأَنَّ دِثاراً حَلَّقَت بِلَبونِهِ
عُقابُan eagle تَنوفىTanufa لاnot عُقابُan eagle القَواعِلِal-Qawa'il
عُقابُ تَنوفى لا عُقابُ القَواعِلِ
As though Dithar's milk camels had been carried aloft
By an eagle of Tanufa, not an eagle of al-Qawa'il.
تَلَعَّبَtrifled باعِثٌBa'ith بِذِمَّةِwith the pledge of protection of خالِدٍKhalid
تَلَعَّبَ باعِثٌ بِذِمَّةِ خالِدٍ
وَأَودىand perished عِصامٌ'Isam فيin الخُطوبِthe calamities الأَوائِلِthe earlier ones
وَأَودى عِصامٌ في الخُطوبِ الأَوائِلِ
Ba'ith trifled with Khalid's pledge of protection,
And 'Isam perished amid the earlier calamities.
وَأَعجَبَنيand it amazed me مَشيُthe gait of الحُزُقَّةِthe squat, short-stepping man خالِدٌKhalid
وَأَعجَبَني مَشيُ الحُزُقَّةِ خالِدٌ
كَمَشيِlike the gait of أَتانٍa she-ass حُلِّئَتwas driven away بِالمَناهِلِat the watering places
كَمَشيِ أَتانٍ حُلِّئَت بِالمَناهِلِ
And I marveled at Khalid's gait—the gait of a squat man,
Like the gait of a she-ass driven from the watering places.
أَبَتrefused أَجَأٌAja أَنto تُسلِمَsurrender العامَthis year جارَهاher protected neighbor
أَبَت أَجَأٌ أَن تُسلِمَ العامَ جارَها
فَمَنso whoever شاءَwishes فَليَنهَضthen let him rise لَهاagainst her مِنfrom among مُقاتِلِa fighter
فَمَن شاءَ فَليَنهَض لَها مِن مُقاتِلِ
Aja has refused this year to surrender her protected neighbor;
So let any fighter who wishes rise against her.
تَبيتُspend the night لُبونىmy milk-giving camels بِالقُرَيَّةِin al-Qurayya أُمُّناًsafe
تَبيتُ لُبونى بِالقُرَيَّةِ أُمُّناً
وَأَسرَحَناand he sent us out to graze غَبّاًevery other day بِأَكنافِin the environs of حائِلِHa'il
وَأَسرَحَنا غَبّاً بِأَكنافِ حائِلِ
My milk-giving camels spend the night in al-Qurayya, safe;
And he sent us out to graze every other day around Ha'il.
بَنوsons of ثُعَلٍThu'al جِيرانُهاtheir neighbors وَحُماتُهاand their protectors
بَنو ثُعَلٍ جِيرانُها وَحُماتُها
وَتَمنَعُand she protects مِنfrom رُماةِthe archers of سَعدٍSa'd وَنائِلِand Na'il
وَتَمنَعُ مِن رُماةِ سَعدٍ وَنائِلِ
The sons of Thu'al are their neighbors and protectors,
And she protects them from the archers of Sa'd and Na'il.
تُلاعِبُplay with أَولادَthe young of الوُعولِthe ibex رِباعُهاtheir spring-born calves
تُلاعِبُ أَولادَ الوُعولِ رِباعُها
دُوَينَjust below السَماءِthe sky فيin رُؤوسِthe crests of المَجادِلِthe citadels
دُوَينَ السَماءِ في رُؤوسِ المَجادِلِ
Their spring-born calves play with the young ibex,
Just below the sky, on the crests of the citadels.
مُكَلَّلَةًcrowned حَمراءَred ذاتَhaving أَسِرَّةٍridges
مُكَلَّلَةً حَمراءَ ذاتَ أَسِرَّةٍ
لَهاshe has حُبُكٌpatterned bands كَأَنَّهاas though she were مِنof وَصائِلِstriped cloths
لَها حُبُكٌ كَأَنَّها مِن وَصائِلِ
Crowned, red, and bearing ridges,
She has patterned bands, as though made of striped cloths.
Sol 6.1