وأمةand a people كانthere was فيamong أسلافforebears أولهاits earliest members
وأمة كان في أسلاف أولها
قولa saying أصابتhit the mark بهwith it العجماءthe speechless beast مرتجلُimpromptu
قول أصابت به العجماء مرتجلُ
And a people among whose earliest forebears there was
A nation whose ancestors were once
An impromptu saying with which the speechless beast hit the mark.
Uttered words that made foreigners uneasy
Sol 6.1