لاmay not يَبعَدَنperish (emphatic) قَوميmy people الَّذينَthose who هُمُthey are
لا يَبعَدَن قَومي الَّذينَ هُمُ
سُمُّpoison العُداةِthe enemies وَآفَةُand the bane الجُزرِcamels for slaughter
سُمُّ العُداةِ وَآفَةُ الجُزرِ
May my people never perish, those who are
My people, do not be far from those
poison to their enemies and the bane of slaughter-camels,
Who are the poison of enemies and the plague of neighbors,
النازِلونَthose who enter بِكُلَّinto every مُعتَرَكٍbattlefield
النازِلونَ بِكُلَّ مُعتَرَكٍ
وَالطَيَّبونَand those pure مَعاقِدَknots of الأُزرِthe waistcloths
وَالطَيَّبونَ مَعاقِدَ الأُزرِ
who enter every battlefield,
Who descend into every battlefield
and are pure at the knots of their waistcloths,
And bind their loins with purity,
الضارِبونَthose who strike بِحَومَةٍin the thick of battle نَزَلَتhas descended
الضارِبونَ بِحَومَةٍ نَزَلَت
وَالطاعِنونَand those who thrust بِأَذرُعٍwith arms شُعرِhairy
وَالطاعِنونَ بِأَذرُعٍ شُعرِ
who strike in the thick of battle when it descends,
Who attack with drawn swords
and thrust with hairy arms,
And stab with spears of poetry,
وَالخالِطونand those who mingle لُجَينَهُمtheir silver بِنُضارِهِمwith their gold
وَالخالِطون لُجَينَهُم بِنُضارِهِم
وَذَويand those possessing الغِنىwealth مِنُهمamong them بِذيwith one possessing الفَقرِpoverty
وَذَوي الغِنى مِنُهم بِذي الفَقرِ
and mingle their silver with their gold,
Who mix their spittle into their drinks
and the wealthy among them with the poor.
And the rich among them with the poor,
إِنif يَشَربواthey drink يَهَبواthey give وَإِنand if يَذَرواthey abstain
إِن يَشَربوا يَهَبوا وَإِن يَذَروا
يَتَواعَظواthey admonish one another عَنagainst مَنطِقِspeech الهُجرِobscenity
يَتَواعَظوا عَن مَنطِقِ الهُجرِ
If they drink, they give; and if they abstain,
If they drink they roar wildly and if they leave it
they counsel one another against foul speech.
They moralize on the speech of estrangement,
قَومٌa people إِذاwhen رَكِبواthey ride سَمِعتَyou hear لَهمfrom them
قَومٌ إِذا رَكِبوا سَمِعتَ لَهم
لَغَطاًa clamor مِنَof التَأييِهurging calls وَالزَجرِand goading cries
لَغَطاً مِنَ التَأييِه وَالزَجرِ
A people who, when they ride, you hear from them
A people when they ride you hear from them
a clamor of urging calls and goading cries,
Nonsense and shouting and scolding,
مِنfrom غَيرabsence of ماemphatic particle فُحشٍobscenity يَكونُoccurs بِهِمamong them
مِن غَير ما فُحشٍ يَكونُ بِهِم
فيin مُنتَجِthe foaling-place of المُهُراتthe fillies وَالمُهرand the colts
في مُنتَجِ المُهُرات وَالمُهر
without any obscenity on their part,
Without indecent speech that may be among them
where fillies and colts are foaled.
In the offspring of pedigree horses and mares,
لاقَواthey met غَداةَon the morning of قُلابَQulab حَتفَهُمُtheir doom
لاقَوا غَداةَ قُلابَ حَتفَهُمُ
سَوقَthe driving of العَتيرِthe sacrificial beast يُساقُis driven لِلعَترِfor sacrifice
سَوقَ العَتيرِ يُساقُ لِلعَترِ
They met their doom on the morning of Qulab,
They met their death in the morning
driven like a sacrificial beast led to sacrifice.
As their chopped necks were led to slaughter,
هَذاthis ثَنائيmy praise ماas long as بَقَيتُI remain alive لَهُمfor them
هَذا ثَنائي ما بَقَيتُ لَهُم
فَإِذاthen, when هَلَكتُI die أَجَنَّنيwill conceal me قَبريmy grave
فَإِذا هَلَكتُ أَجَنَّني قَبري
This is my praise of them as long as I live;
This is my elegy for them as long as I live
then, when I die, my grave will conceal me.
And when I die my grave will lament for me.
Sol 6.1