ضَيَّعَ أَولادَ الجُعَيدَةِ مالِكٌ

ضَيَّعَ أَولادَ الجُعَيدَةِ مالِكٌ

خَناطيلَ مِنها رازِمٌ وَحَسيرُ

خَناطيلَ مِنها رازِمٌ وَحَسيرُ

Malik has neglected al-Juʿayda’s offspring:

Malik has squandered the wealth of the Ju'aydah,

scattered herds, some too weak to rise and others exhausted.

Of it khanaatil remain, and some razim and hasir.

سَتَعلَمُ ما تُغني رَواقيدُ أُسنِدَت

سَتَعلَمُ ما تُغني رَواقيدُ أُسنِدَت

لَها عِندَ أَطنابِ البُيوتِ هَديرُ

لَها عِندَ أَطنابِ البُيوتِ هَديرُ

You will learn what good the propped-up wine jars can do—

You will know what good the roarings will do -

with their rumbling beside the tent ropes—

Attached to their thresholds the houses' uproar -

عَنِ الإِبلِ إِذ جاءَت حَدابيرَ رُزَّحاً

عَنِ الإِبلِ إِذ جاءَت حَدابيرَ رُزَّحاً

إِذا لَم يُبَع بِزرٌ لَها وَعَصيرُ

إِذا لَم يُبَع بِزرٌ لَها وَعَصيرُ

for the camels, when they came gaunt and utterly spent,

About the camels, when they came as corpses,

if linseed oil and pressed juice are not sold for their sake.

If no onions or juice were sold for them.