أَخوthe brother of ذُبيانَDhubyān عَبسٌʿAbs ثُمَّthen مالَتturned
أَخو ذُبيانَ عَبسٌ ثُمَّ مالَت
بَنوthe sons of عَبسٍʿAbs إِلىtoward حَصَبٍpebbles وَمالِand wealth
بَنو عَبسٍ إِلى حَصَبٍ وَمالِ
ʿAbs is Dhubyān’s brother; then turned
The tribes of Dhubyan turned away frowning
the sons of ʿAbs toward pebbles and wealth.
The clan of Abs inclined towards folly and error
فَماfor … not إِنemphasis reinforcing the negation فَضلُsuperiority ذُبيانٍDhubyān عَلَيناover us
فَما إِن فَضلُ ذُبيانٍ عَلَينا
بِخَيءٍin anything (likely بِشَيءٍ) غَيرَexcept أَقوالِwords of الضَلاَلِerror
بِخَيءٍ غَيرَ أَقوالِ الضَلاَلِ
For Dhubyān has no advantage over us
Yet we have no cause to think ourselves better
in anything except words of error,
Except for rejecting their vain false doctrines
سِوىexcept أَنthat قُدِّمواthey were given precedence وَحَظواand they were favored عَلَيناover us
سِوى أَن قُدِّموا وَحَظوا عَلَينا
كَماjust as تَحظىis favored اليَمينُthe right hand عَلىover الشِمالِthe left hand
كَما تَحظى اليَمينُ عَلى الشِمالِ
save that they were given precedence and favored over us,
Rather they were preferred and favored over us
as the right hand is favored over the left.
As the right hand is favored over the left
تَنَوُّطُناour attachment بِذُبيانٍto Dhubyān عَزِيزٌburdensome
تَنَوُّطُنا بِذُبيانٍ عَزِيزٌ
عَلَيناto us مِثلُlike أَثقالِheavy burdens of الجِبالِthe mountains
عَلَينا مِثلُ أَثقالِ الجِبالِ
Our attachment to Dhubyān is burdensome
Our association with honored Dhubyan
to us, like the heavy burdens of mountains.
Weighs on us like mountains
Sol 6.1