مِنَfrom among النَفرthe company of men البيضِthe fair ones الَّذينَwho اِذاwhen اِنتَجواthey confer in private
مِنَ النَفر البيضِ الَّذينَ اِذا اِنتَجوا
اقرتassented لِنَجواهُمto their private counsel لُؤيُّLu’ayy بنُson of غالِبGhalib
اقرت لِنَجواهُم لُؤيُّ بنُ غالِب
Among the fair men who, when they confer in private,
From the noble white people whose eloquence
Lu’ayy son of Ghalib assents to their counsel.
I acknowledged to be that of Lu'ayy son of Ghalib,
يُحَيّونthey greet بِسّامينsmiling طوراًat times وَتارَةand at other times
يُحَيّون بِسّامين طوراً وَتارَة
يُحَيّونthey greet عَبّاسيونAbbasid men شوسfierce الحَواجِبthe brows
يُحَيّون عَبّاسيون شوس الحَواجِب
They greet with smiles at times, and at others,
At times they greet with drawn swords,
Abbasid men greet with fierce brows.
At others they greet as Abbasids with frowning eyebrows.
Sol 6.1