أَتَنفيdo you exclude قُروماًnoble chiefs مِنfrom مَعَدٍّMaʿadd لَغَيرِهِمto others than them
أَتَنفي قُروماً مِن مَعَدٍّ لَغَيرِهِم
كَذَبتَyou lied وَلَمand did not تَصدُقspeak truth مَعَدٌّMaʿadd مَصيرُهاits place of return
كَذَبتَ وَلَم تَصدُق مَعَدٌّ مَصيرُها
Do you deny noble chiefs their descent from Maʿadd, claiming them for others?
You lied and spoke no truth: their lineage leads to Maʿadd.
قُضاعَةُQuḍāʿa لَمdid not يَبغواseek أَباًa father عَنinstead of أَبيهِمُtheir father
قُضاعَةُ لَم يَبغوا أَباً عَن أَبيهِمُ
مَعَدٍّMaʿadd وَقُدَّتand were cut مِنfrom مَعَدٍّMaʿadd سُيورُهاits leather thongs
مَعَدٍّ وَقُدَّت مِن مَعَدٍّ سُيورُها
Quḍāʿa sought no father in place of their father,
Maʿadd—and from Maʿadd their leather thongs were cut.
قَضاعَةُQuḍāʿa رُكنٌa pillar مِنof مَعَدٍّMaʿadd وَأُمُّهُمand their mother
قَضاعَةُ رُكنٌ مِن مَعَدٍّ وَأُمُّهُم
لِحِميَرَof Ḥimyar وَالأَنسابُand the lineages يَنمىtraces descent خَبيرُهاtheir expert
لِحِميَرَ وَالأَنسابُ يَنمى خَبيرُها
Quḍāʿa is a pillar of Maʿadd, and their mother
Belongs to Ḥimyar; an expert traces lineages.
فَلاso no خَيرَgood فيin تَركِabandoning النُبُوَّةِprophethood وَالهُدىand guidance
فَلا خَيرَ في تَركِ النُبُوَّةِ وَالهُدى
وَلاand no خَيرَgood فيin دَعوىa claim يُكَذَّبُis exposed as false زورُهاits falsehood
وَلا خَيرَ في دَعوى يُكَذَّبُ زورُها
So there is no good in abandoning prophethood and guidance,
And no good in a claim whose falsehood is exposed.
وَآبَand returned إِلىto الأَقيانِthe smiths أَلأَمُthe basest وافِدٍenvoy
وَآبَ إِلى الأَقيانِ أَلأَمُ وافِدٍ
إِذاwhen حُلَّwas unfastened عَنfrom ظَهرِthe back of النَجيبَةِthe fine-bred she-camel كورُهاher pack-saddle
إِذا حُلَّ عَن ظَهرِ النَجيبَةِ كورُها
And the basest envoy returned to the smiths,
When the fine-bred she-camel's pack-saddle was unfastened from her back.
Sol 6.1