يا تيمُ ما القارونَ في شِدَّةِ القِرى
بِتَيمٍ وَلا الحامونَ عِندَ الحَقائِقِ
O Taym, those who offer hospitality in hard times are not
O Taym, neither Qarun was helpless in adversity
Of Taym, nor are those who defend in times of crisis.
Nor Al-Hamoun truthful when facts emerged
وَتَيمٌ تُماشيها الكِلابُ إِذا غَدَوا
وَلَم تَمشِ تَيمٌ في ظِلالِ الخَوافِقِ
And dogs walk beside Taym when its men go out at dawn,
While dogs chase Taym when they venture out
And Taym has not marched in the shade of fluttering banners.
No Taym walked in the shade of arched passages
وَتَيمٌ بِأَبوابِ الزُروبِ أَذِلَّةٌ
وَما تَهتَدي تَيمٌ لِبابِ السُرادِقِ
And Taym is abased at the gates of the pens,
And at chamber doors Taym became so weak
And Taym cannot find its way to the pavilion’s entrance.
No Taym found its way to the royal tent
وَما أَحسَنَ التَيمِيُّ في جاهِلِيَّةٍ
مُنادَمَةَ الجَبّارِ فَوقَ النَمارِقِ
Nor was the Taymi, in pre-Islamic days, adept
Nor did Taym excel in the days of ignorance
At drinking with the mighty ruler upon the cushions.
In conversing with the tyrant atop watchtowers
تَعادى عَلى الثَغرِ المَخوفِ جِيادُنا
وَتَيمٌ تَحاسى جُنَّحاً في المَعالِقِ
Our steeds race along the dreaded frontier,
Our steeds clashed at the formidable border
While Taym sips, hunched over the bowls.
While Taym allied itself with wings in suspensions
وَما أَنتُمُ يا تَيمُ قَد تَعلَمونَهُ
بِفُرسانِ غاراتِ الصَباحِ الدَوالِقِ
And you, O Taym—as you well know—are not
O Taym, you do not know it through the horsemen
The horsemen of the morning’s surging raids.
Of morning raids, continuously attacking
Sol 6.1