لَولاwere it not أَنthat يَسوءَit would distress بَنيthe sons of رِياحٍRiyah
لَولا أَن يَسوءَ بَني رِياحٍ
لَقَلَّعتُI would have torn away الصَفائِحَthe stone slabs عَنfrom صَفيحِSafih
لَقَلَّعتُ الصَفائِحَ عَن صَفيحِ
Were it not that it would distress the sons of Riyah,
I would have torn the stone slabs away from Safih.
إِذاwhen عَدَّتcounts صَميمَهُمُtheir trueborn kin رِياحٌRiyah
إِذا عَدَّت صَميمَهُمُ رِياحٌ
فَلَستَthen you are not مِنَof الصَميمِthe true stock وَلاand not الصَريحِthose of pure descent
فَلَستَ مِنَ الصَميمِ وَلا الصَريحِ
When Riyah counts its trueborn kin,
you are neither of the true stock nor of pure descent.
هَبَنَّقَةُHabannaqah الَّذيwho لاno خَيرَgood فيهِin him
هَبَنَّقَةُ الَّذي لا خَيرَ فيهِ
وَماand what جَعلُplacing السَقيمِthe sick إِلىbeside الصَحيحِthe healthy
وَما جَعلُ السَقيمِ إِلى الصَحيحِ
Habannaqah, in whom there is no good—
and how can the sick be set beside the healthy?
Sol 6.1