فَلا حَمَلَت بَعدَ الفَرَزدَقِ حُرَّةٌ

فَلا حَمَلَت بَعدَ الفَرَزدَقِ حُرَّةٌ

وَلا ذاتُ حَملٍ مِن نَفاسٍ تَعَلَّتِ

وَلا ذاتُ حَملٍ مِن نَفاسٍ تَعَلَّتِ

After al-Farazdaq, may no freeborn woman conceive,

May no freeborn woman conceive after al-Farazdaq,

nor any woman with child rise recovered from childbed.

nor may a pregnant woman recover from childbed.

هُوَ الوافِدُ المَجبورُ وَالحامِلُ الَّذي

هُوَ الوافِدُ المَجبورُ وَالحامِلُ الَّذي

إِذا النَعلُ يَوماً بِالعَشيرَةِ زَلَّتِ

إِذا النَعلُ يَوماً بِالعَشيرَةِ زَلَّتِ

He was the envoy whose need was made good, and the bearer of burdens

He is the envoy whose needs are met, and the one who bears burdens

whenever, on any day, the tribe’s sandal slipped.

when, one day, the tribe’s sandal slips.