ياO صَخْرُSakhr لاdo not تُسْلِمَنْembrace Islam يوماًever فتفضَحَناand thereby disgrace us
يا صَخْرُ لا تُسْلِمَنْ يوماً فتفضَحَنا
بعدafter الذينthose who بِبَدْرٍat Badr أصبَحُواbecame فِرَقاscattered groups
بعد الذين بِبَدْرٍ أصبَحُوا فِرَقا
O Sakhr, never embrace Islam and so disgrace us,
O rock do not ever humiliate us
After those who at Badr were scattered:
After those at Badr shine forth in bands
خَاليmy maternal uncle وعَمّيand my paternal uncle وعَمُّand the paternal uncle of الأمّthe mother ثالِثُهُمْthe third of them
خَالي وعَمّي وعَمُّ الأمّ ثالِثُهُمْ
وحَنْظَلُand Hanzal الخيرِthe good قدindeed أهدىhas gifted ليto me الأَرَقَاsleeplessness
وحَنْظَلُ الخيرِ قد أهدى لي الأَرَقَا
My maternal uncle, my paternal uncle, and my mother's paternal uncle, the third of them.
My uncle and cousin and aunt’s son the third
And Hanzal the good has indeed gifted me sleeplessness.
And Hudzaifa who obtained for me the moneybags
لاdo not تَرْكَنَنَّever incline إلىtoward أَمْرٍa course of action تُكَلّفُناyou burden us
لا تَرْكَنَنَّ إلى أَمْرٍ تُكَلّفُنا
والراقصاتِby the trotting she-camels بهthrough it فيin مكّةَMecca الخُرُقاfolly
والراقصاتِ به في مكّةَ الخُرُقا
Never incline toward a course in which you would burden us—
Do not let us fall into an imposed matter
by the trotting she-camels in Mecca!—with folly.
And the unveiled women with it in Mecca the plenty
فالموتُfor death أهونُeasier منthan قَولِthe saying of العداةِthe enemies لَقَدْindeed
فالموتُ أهونُ من قَولِ العداةِ لَقَدْ
حَادَhas turned aside ابنُthe son of حَرْبٍHarb عنaway from العُزّىal-‘Uzza إذاًthen فَرَقاout of fear
حَادَ ابنُ حَرْبٍ عن العُزّى إذاً فَرَقا
For death is easier than the enemies' saying, 'Indeed,
For death is lighter than the enemies’ saying indeed
Ibn Harb has thus turned away from al-‘Uzza out of fear.'
The son of war turned from glory then severed
Sol 6.1