مَتىwhenever تَردواyou come to عكاظَʿUkaz تُوافِقوهاyou will find it
مَتى تَردوا عكاظَ تُوافِقوها
بِأَسماعٍwith wolf–hyena beasts مَجادعهاtheir snouts قصارُshort
بِأَسماعٍ مَجادعها قصارُ
Whenever you come to ʿUkaz, you will find it
with wolf–hyena beasts whose snouts are short.
أَجيرانَO protectors of ابنthe son of ميّةَMayya خبّرونيtell me
أَجيرانَ ابن ميّةَ خبّروني
أَعينٌis there a due in hand لاِبنfor the son of ميّةMayya أوor ضمارُa claim beyond recovery
أَعينٌ لاِبن ميّة أو ضمارُ
O protectors of Ibn Mayya, tell me:
Is Ibn Mayya’s due within reach, or beyond recovery?
تجلّلcloaked himself in خزيَهاits disgrace عوفُʿAwf بنson of كعبٍKaʿb
تجلّل خزيَها عوفُ بن كعبٍ
فَليسَso there is no لِحلعهاto strip it off (reading uncertain) منهfrom him اِعتذارُexcuse
فَليسَ لِحلعها منه اِعتذارُ
ʿAwf ibn Kaʿb has cloaked himself in its disgrace,
and no excuse can strip it from him.
فَإنّكمfor indeed you وَماand what تخفونَyou conceal منهof it
فَإنّكم وَما تخفونَ منه
كَذاتِlike a woman with الشيبِgray hair ليسthere is no لهاfor her خمارُhead-covering
كَذاتِ الشيبِ ليس لها خمارُ
For you and what you conceal of it
are like a gray-haired woman without a head-covering.
بِرأسِat Raʾs العينِal-ʿAyn قاتلthe killer of منthe one whom أَجَرتمyou sheltered
بِرأسِ العينِ قاتل من أَجَرتم
مِنَof الخابورِthe Khabur مرتعهhis grazing ground السرارُthe fertile lowlands
مِنَ الخابورِ مرتعه السرارُ
At Raʾs al-ʿAyn is the killer of the man you sheltered;
the Khabur’s fertile lowlands are his grazing ground.
Sol 6.1