وَسائِلand ask بَنيthe sons of الماهاتِal-Mahat عَنّاabout us وَعَنهُمand about them
وَسائِل بَني الماهاتِ عَنّا وَعَنهُم
بَلاءٌan ordeal كَحَدِّlike the edge of اللُجِّthe sword يَقتَطِعُsevers الوَتيناthe vital artery
بَلاءٌ كَحَدِّ اللُجِّ يَقتَطِعُ الوَتينا
And ask Banu al-Mahat about us and about them:
The means of communication between us and them
An ordeal like a sword’s edge, severing the vital artery.
Are an affliction like the edge of a sharp sword that shreds the veins
دَعوناwe called upon أَباناour father وَاِدَّعواand they called out بأَبيهمin their father’s name
دَعونا أَبانا وَاِدَّعوا بأَبيهم
فَوَلّواthen they turned away خَزاياdisgraced فيin الغُبارِthe dust جَبيناcowardly
فَوَلّوا خَزايا في الغُبارِ جَبينا
We called upon our father, and they called out in their father’s name.
They called our father theirs and claimed their father was ours
Then they turned away, disgraced and cowardly amid the dust.
So they turned their backs covered in dust and filth
فَياand oh رُبَّmany a جَمعٍhost قَدalready فَلَلناهُwe routed it قَبلَهُمbefore them
فَيا رُبَّ جَمعٍ قَد فَلَلناهُ قَبلَهُم
وَنَهَبand plunder حَويناwe gathered قَبلَbefore ذاكَthat سنيناyears
وَنَهَب حَوينا قَبلَ ذاكَ سنينا
And oh, many a host we had already routed before them,
Then, o Lord of the tribe whom we had united before them
And plunder we had gathered years before that.
And whose neighborhood they had plundered before that for years
عَلىdespite أَنَّناthat we لَمdid not نُبقِleave behind فيهاin it بَقَيَّةٌa remnant
عَلى أَنَّنا لَم نُبقِ فيها بَقَيَّةٌ
غَداةَthe morning هَوَواthey fell فيin واديthe valley of خُردَKhurd كَميناlying in ambush
غَداةَ هَوَوا في وادي خُردَ كَمينا
Though we left no remnant there,
Even though we did not leave in it any remainder
The morning they fell in the valley of Khurd, lying in ambush.
The morning after they ambushed in the valley of Khord a group of us
Sol 6.1