فَإِنَّكَfor indeed you لاnot يَضُرُّكَharms you بَعدَafter حَولٍa year
فَإِنَّكَ لا يَضُرُّكَ بَعدَ حَولٍ
أَظَبيٌa gazelle? كانَwas أُمُّكَyour mother أَمor حِمارُa donkey
أَظَبيٌ كانَ أُمُّكَ أَم حِمارُ
For after a year it will not harm you
After one year has passed, it doesn't matter
whether your mother was a gazelle or a donkey.
If your mother was a gazelle or a donkey
فَقَدfor indeed لَحِقَcaught up الأَسافِلُthe lowly بِالأَعاليwith the lofty
فَقَد لَحِقَ الأَسافِلُ بِالأَعالي
وَماجَand surged اللُؤمُbaseness وَاِختَلَطَand became mixed النِجارُancestral stock
وَماجَ اللُؤمُ وَاِختَلَطَ النِجارُ
For the lowly have caught up with the lofty,
The lowly have joined the elite
And baseness has surged, and bloodlines have mingled.
Scoundrels and carpenters have mixed together
وَعادَand became العَبدُthe slave مِثلَlike أَبيAbu (father of) قُبَيسٍQubays
وَعادَ العَبدُ مِثلَ أَبي قُبَيسٍ
وَسيقَand were driven مَعَwith المُعَلهَجَةِthe inferior she-camels العِشارُthe ten-month-pregnant she-camels
وَسيقَ مَعَ المُعَلهَجَةِ العِشارُ
And the slave has become like Abu Qubays,
And slaves have become like Abu Qubais
And the ten-month-pregnant she-camels were driven with the inferior ones.
The tithed are led along with the feeble-minded
Sol 6.1