لَعَمريby my life لَنِعمَtruly excellent is المَرءُthe man مِنfrom آلِthe family of ضَجعَمٍḌajʿam
لَعَمري لَنِعمَ المَرءُ مِن آلِ ضَجعَمٍ
تَزورُyou visit بِبُصرىin Buṣrā أَوor بِبُرقَةِat Burqat هارِبِHārib
تَزورُ بِبُصرى أَو بِبُرقَةِ هارِبِ
By my life, how fine a man of the house of Ḍajʿam
you visit in Buṣrā or at Burqat Hārib!
فَتىًa young man لَمdid not تَلِدهُbear him بِنتُdaughter أُمٍّa mother قَريبَةٍclosely related
فَتىً لَم تَلِدهُ بِنتُ أُمٍّ قَريبَةٍ
فَيَضوىand thus he grow frail وَقَدand sometimes يَضوىgrows frail رَديدُan inbred descendant of الأَقارِبِclose relatives
فَيَضوى وَقَد يَضوى رَديدُ الأَقارِبِ
A youth no close kinswoman’s daughter bore,
to grow frail—as offspring repeatedly bred of close kin may.
Sol 6.1