سأَجزِيكَI shall repay you بالقِدِّfor the leather thong الذيwhich قَدalready فَككتَهُyou unfastened it
سأَجزِيكَ بالقِدِّ الذي قَد فَككتَهُ
سأَجزِيكَI shall repay you ماwhat أبلَيتَناyou bestowed on us العامَthis year ، صَعصَعاO Sa‘sa‘a
سأَجزِيكَ ما أبلَيتَنا العامَ ، صَعصَعا
I shall repay you for the leather thong you have unfastened.
I will reward you for the excellence you have unraveled
I shall repay you for the kindness you showed us this year, Sa‘sa‘a.
I will reward you for the toil of this year, magnificent
فإِنْfor if يكُis مَحمودٌMahmud أَباكَyour father فإِنَّنَاthen indeed we
فإِنْ يكُ مَحمودٌ أَباكَ فإِنَّنَا
وَجَدْناكَwe found you مَنسوباaffiliated إلىto الخَيرِgoodness ، أَروَعاadmirable
وَجَدْناكَ مَنسوبا إلى الخَيرِ ، أَروَعا
For if Mahmud is your father, then we
If your father is praiseworthy, we have found you
have found you allied to goodness, a man to admire.
Descended from goodness, more wondrous
سأهديI shall send as a gift ، وإنْand although كنُّاwe are بتثليثَat Tathlith ، مدخةًa poem of praise
سأهدي ، وإنْ كنُّا بتثليثَ ، مدخةً
إِليكَto you ، وإِنْand although حَلَّتْhave settled بُيوتُكَyour dwellings لَعلَعاLa‘la‘
إِليكَ ، وإِنْ حَلَّتْ بُيوتُكَ لَعلَعا
I shall send, though we are at Tathlith, a poem of praise
I will gift you, though we disagree at times, an ode
to you, though your dwellings stand at La‘la‘.
To you, though your homes have become desolate
فإِنso if شِئتَyou wish أَهدَيناwe shall offer ثَناءًpraise ومِدحةًand a panegyric
فإِن شِئتَ أَهدَينا ثَناءً ومِدحةً
وإِنand if شِئتَyou wish عَدَّيناwe shall send over لكمfor you مئةًa hundred مَعاtogether
وإِن شِئتَ عَدَّينا لكم مئةً مَعا
So if you wish, we shall offer praise and a panegyric;
If you wish, we have gifted you praise and eulogy
and if you wish, we shall send over a hundred for you, all together.
And if you wish, we have counted you a hundred odes together
Sol 6.1