فِدىًa ransom لِبَنيfor the sons of قَيسٍQays وَأَفناءِand the clans of مالِكٍMālik
فِدىً لِبَني قَيسٍ وَأَفناءِ مالِكٍ
لَدىat الشِسعِthe sandal strap مِنfrom رِجليmy foot إِلىto الفَرقِthe parting of the hair صاعِداupward
لَدى الشِسعِ مِن رِجلي إِلى الفَرقِ صاعِدا
May I be a ransom for the sons of Qays and the clans of Mālik,
In ransom for the tribes of Qays and wealth spent by Malik
from the sandal strap at my foot upward to the parting of my hair.
From ankle to crown with spear thrusts at Sis'a
غَداةَon the morning when أَتىcame قَومُthe people of الضَريسِal-Ḍarīs كَأَنَّهمas though they were
غَداةَ أَتى قَومُ الضَريسِ كَأَنَّهم
قَطاsandgrouse الكُدرِal-Kudr مِنfrom وُدّانَWuddān أَصبَحَwas at dawn وارِداcoming to water
قَطا الكُدرِ مِن وُدّانَ أَصبَحَ وارِدا
On the morning when al-Ḍarīs's people came, as though they were
One morn the Folk of Dhiraar came as though they were
sandgrouse of al-Kudr from Wuddān, coming to water at dawn.
Dust storms from Waddan at daybreak arriving
فَلَمand did not أَرI see جَمعاًa host كانَwas أَكرَمَmore noble غالِباًwhen victorious
فَلَم أَر جَمعاً كانَ أَكرَمَ غالِباً
وَأَحمىand more protective of غُلاماًa youth يَومَon the day of ذَلِكَthat أَطرَداcast out
وَأَحمى غُلاماً يَومَ ذَلِكَ أَطرَدا
I saw no host more noble in victory,
Never saw I a host was more generous in triumph
or more protective, that day, of a banished youth.
Or guarded a lad that day more fiercely determined
رَمَيناهُمwe assailed them بِالحُوِّwith dark-bay horses وَالكُمتِand bay horses وَالقَناand spears
رَمَيناهُم بِالحُوِّ وَالكُمتِ وَالقَنا
وَبيضٍand gleaming swords خِفافٍlight يَختَلينَthey mow down السَواعِداthe forearms
وَبيضٍ خِفافٍ يَختَلينَ السَواعِدا
We assailed them with dark-bay and bay steeds, and spears,
We pelted them with stones and cudgels and spears
and light, gleaming swords that mowed down forearms.
And white blades that slit through the wrist bones
Sol 6.1