عَفَتgrew desolate غَيقَةٌGhayqa مِنof أَهلِهاits inhabitants فَجُنُوبُهاand its flanks
عَفَت غَيقَةٌ مِن أَهلِها فَجُنُوبُها
فَرَوضَةُand the meadow of حَسناHasna قاعُهاits plain فَكَثَيبُهاand its sandhill
فَرَوضَةُ حَسنا قاعُها فَكَثَيبُها
Ghayqa lies desolate, its people gone, and so do its flanks;
and Hasna's meadow, its plain and its sandhill.
مَنَازِلُdwellings مِنof أَسماءَAsma لَمnot تُعفِerase رَسمَهاtheir traces
مَنَازِلُ مِن أَسماءَ لَم تُعفِ رَسمَها
رِياحُwinds اthe (article fragment) لثُرَيّاPleiades (article continued) خِلفَةًin succession فَضَريبُهاand their frost
رِياحُ ا لثُرَيّا خِلفَةً فَضَريبُها
Dwellings of Asma, whose traces have not been erased
by the Pleiades' successive winds, nor by their frost.
تَلُوحُgleam بِأَطرافِat the edges of البُضيَعِal-Budayʿ كَأَنَّهاas though they were
تَلُوحُ بِأَطرافِ البُضيَعِ كَأَنَّها
كِتابُa written text زُبورٍscripture خُطَّwas inscribed لَدنًاsupple عَسِيبُهاits palm-frond stalk
كِتابُ زُبورٍ خُطَّ لَدنًا عَسِيبُها
They gleam at the edges of al-Budayʿ, as though they were
a scriptural text, inscribed with a supple palm-stalk pen.
إذاif لَمnot تَكُونواyou (plural) are نَاصِريsupporters of أهلthose entitled to حَقِّهاits due
إذا لَم تَكُونوا نَاصِري أهل حَقِّها
وَمُلفينَand found عِندَat the time of النَصرِaid مِمَّنamong those who يُجيبُهاanswer its call
وَمُلفينَ عِندَ النَصرِ مِمَّن يُجيبُها
If you will not support those entitled to its due,
nor be found, when aid is needed, among those who answer its call,
فَسيرواthen go بُراءَblameless فيamid تَفَرُّقِthe dispersal of مالِكٍMalik
فَسيروا بُراءَ في تَفَرُّقِ مالِكٍ
بِنُصحٍwith sincere counsel وَأَرحامٍand kinship ties يَئِطُّgroans قَريبُهاtheir close kinsman
بِنُصحٍ وَأَرحامٍ يَئِطُّ قَريبُها
then go blameless amid Malik's dispersal,
with sincere counsel and kinship ties whose close kin groan.
وَهَلand is مالِكٌMalik إِلاّanything but أُسودُthe lions of خَفيَّةٍKhafiyya
وَهَل مالِكٌ إِلاّ أُسودُ خَفيَّةٍ
إذاif لَمnot تُعاطَis granted الحَقَّthe rightful due بادٍvisible نُيُوبُهاits fangs
إذا لَم تُعاطَ الحَقَّ بادٍ نُيُوبُها
And is Malik anything but the lions of Khafiyya,
with fangs bared when they are not granted their due?
Sol 6.1