Sol 6.1

  1. أَنا اِبنُ أَبي سَعدٍ وَعَمروٍ وَمالِكٍ

    وَضَبَّةُ عَبدٌ واحِدٌ وَابنُ واحِدِ

    I am the son of Abu Saʿd, ʿAmr, and Malik;

    And Dabbah is but one slave, the son of one.

  2. أَجِئتَ تَسوقُ السيدَ خُضراً جُلودُها

    إِلى الصَيدِ مِن خالَيَّ صَخرٍ وَخالِدِ

    Have you come driving al-Sid, their skins green,

    Against the proud men of my two maternal uncles, Sakhr and Khalid?

  3. أَلَم تَرَ أَنَّ الضَبَّ يَهدِمُ جُحرَهُ

    وَتَرأَسُهُ بِاللَيلِ صُمُّ الأَساوِدِ

    Have you not seen the lizard demolish its burrow,

    While deaf black serpents strike its head by night?

  4. فَإِنّا وَجَدنا إِذ وَفَدنا إِلَيكُمُ

    صُدورَ القَنا وَالخَيلَ مِن خَيرِ وافِدِ

    For when we came to you as envoys, we found

    Spearpoints and horses among the finest envoys.

  5. وَأَبلَيتُمُ في شَأنِ جِعثِنَ سَوأَةً

    وَبانَ اِبنُ عَوّامٍ لَكُم غَيرَ حامِدِ

    And in Jiʿthin’s affair you wrought a shameful deed,

    And Ibn ʿAwwam departed with no praise for you.

  6. أَلَم تَرَ يَربوعاً إِذا ما ذَكَرتُهُم

    وَأَيّامَهُم شَدّوا مُتونَ القَصائِدِ

    Have you not seen how Yarbuʿ, whenever I recall them

    And their battle-days, strengthen the backbones of odes?

  7. لَقَد داهَنَت في رَهنِ عَوفِن مَجاشِعٌ

    وَبانَ اِبنُ عَوّامٍ لَكُم غَيرَ حامِدِ

    Indeed, Mujashiʿ made concessions over ʿAwfin’s being held in pledge,

    And Ibn ʿAwwam departed with no praise for you.

  8. فَيا لَيتَهُ نادى عُبَيداً وَجَعفَراً

    وَشُمّاً رِياحِيَّينَ شُمَّ الأَساعِدِ

    Oh, if only he had called upon ʿUbayd and Jaʿfar,

    And proud men of Riyah, with mighty forearms!