لَوif أَطَعتُكَI had obeyed you ياO غِرارُGhirar كَسَوتَنيyou would have clothed me
لَو أَطَعتُكَ يا غِرارُ كَسَوتَني
فيat كُلِّevery مَجمَعَةٍgathering ثِنِيابَgarments صَغارِhumiliation
في كُلِّ مَجمَعَةٍ ثِنِيابَ صَغارِ
Had I obeyed you, O Ghirar, you would have clothed me
at every gathering in garments of humiliation.
أَضَلالُis straying لَيلٍnight ساقِطٍfallen أَكنافُهُits flanks
أَضَلالُ لَيلٍ ساقِطٍ أَكنافُهُ
فيamong الناسِpeople أَعذَرُmore excusable أَمor ضَلالُstraying نَهارِdaylight
في الناسِ أَعذَرُ أَم ضَلالُ نَهارِ
Is straying in a night whose flanks have fallen
more excusable among people, or straying by day?
قَحطانُQahtan والِدُناour father الَّذيwhom نُدعىwe are ascribed لَهُto him
قَحطانُ والِدُنا الَّذي نُدعى لَهُ
وَأَبوand the father of خُزَيمَةَKhuzaymah خِندَفُKhindaf بنُson of نِزارِNizar
وَأَبو خُزَيمَةَ خِندَفُ بنُ نِزارِ
Qahtan is our father, to whom we are ascribed,
and Khuzaymah's father is Khindaf, son of Nizar.
أَنَبيعُshall we sell والِدَناour father الَّذيwhom نُدعىwe are ascribed لهُto him
أَنَبيعُ والِدَنا الَّذي نُدعى لهُ
بِأَبيfor a father of مَعاشِرَclans غائِبٍabsent مُتواريhidden
بِأَبي مَعاشِرَ غائِبٍ مُتواري
Shall we sell our father, to whom we are ascribed,
for an absent, hidden father of clans?
تِلكَthat التِجارَةُbargain لاnot نُجيبُwe agree لِمِثلِهاto its like
تِلكَ التِجارَةُ لا نُجيبُ لِمِثلِها
ذَهَبٌgold يُباعُis sold بِآنُكٍfor tin وَأَبارِand lead
ذَهَبٌ يُباعُ بِآنُكٍ وَأَبارِ
That bargain—we will not agree to its like:
gold sold for tin and lead.
إِنّيindeed I إِذاًthen كَالقدحِlike an arrow-shaft يُجعَلُis made مغزَلاًa spindle
إِنّي إِذاً كَالقدحِ يُجعَلُ مغزَلاً
يَكسوit clothes المَعاشِرَthe clans وَهوَwhile it is أَجرَدُbare عارِnaked
يَكسو المَعاشِرَ وَهوَ أَجرَدُ عارِ
I would then indeed be like an arrow-shaft made into a spindle:
it clothes the clans while itself is bare and naked.
Sol 6.1