إِنَّindeed اليَمامَةَal-Yamamah خَيرُthe best of ساكِنِهاits inhabitants
إِنَّ اليَمامَةَ خَيرُ ساكِنِها
أَهلُthe people of القُرَيَّةِal-Qurayyah مِنfrom بَنيthe sons of ذُهلِDhuhl
أَهلُ القُرَيَّةِ مِن بَني ذُهلِ
Indeed, al-Yamamah’s finest inhabitants
Are the people of al-Qurayyah, of Banu Dhuhl,
الضامِنونَthe guarantors لِمالِfor the wealth of جارِهِمُtheir neighbor
الضامِنونَ لِمالِ جارِهِمُ
حَتّىuntil يَتِمَّreach full growth نَواهِضُthe rising shoots of البَقلِherbage
حَتّى يَتِمَّ نَواهِضُ البَقلِ
Who stand surety for their neighbor’s wealth
Until the rising shoots of herbage reach full growth.
قَومٌa people إِذاwhen اِنتَسَبواthey trace their lineage فَفَرعُهُمُthen their branch
قَومٌ إِذا اِنتَسَبوا فَفَرعُهُمُ
فَرعيmy branch وَأَثبَتَand has made firm أَصلُهُمtheir root أَصليmy root
فَرعي وَأَثبَتَ أَصلُهُم أَصلي
A people whose branch, when they trace their lineage,
Is my branch, and whose root has made my root firm.
Sol 6.1