أَلاah!; attention marker هَلquestion marker أَتاهاit reached her وَالأَحاديثُand the tales جَمَّةَabundant
أَلا هَل أَتاها وَالأَحاديثُ جَمَّةَ
مُغَلغَةًunclear form; likely مُغَلغَلَةً: a far-traveling message أَبناءَsons of جَيشِthe army of اللَهازِمِal-Lahāzim
مُغَلغَةً أَبناءَ جَيشِ اللَهازِمِ
Ah, has it reached her—though tales abound—
A far-traveling message, O sons of the Lahāzim army?
فَلَستُfor I am not بِوَّقافٍone who habitually hangs back إِذاwhen الخَيلُthe horses أَحجَمَتrecoiled
فَلَستُ بِوَّقافٍ إِذا الخَيلُ أَحجَمَت
وَلَستُand I am not بِكَذّابٍa habitual liar كَقَيسِlike Qays بنِson of عاصِمِʿĀṣim
وَلَستُ بِكَذّابٍ كَقَيسِ بنِ عاصِمِ
For I do not hang back when the horses recoil,
And I am no habitual liar like Qays son of ʿĀṣim.
تُخَيِّرُyou offer a choice; likely intended تُخبرُ: you tell مَنwhomever لاقَيتyou met أَنthat قَدalready هَزَمتَهُمyou defeated them
تُخَيِّرُ مَن لاقَيت أَن قَد هَزَمتَهُم
وَلَمand did not تَدرِyou know ماwhat سيماهُمُtheir distinguishing marks لاno وَعائِمِby ʿĀʾim
وَلَم تَدرِ ما سيماهُمُ لا وَعائِمِ
You [tell] whomever you meet that you have defeated them,
Yet you did not know their distinguishing marks—no, by ʿĀʾim!
بَلِrather الفارِسthe horseman الطائيthe Ṭāʾī فَضَّscattered جُموعَهُمtheir assembled forces
بَلِ الفارِس الطائي فَضَّ جُموعَهُم
وَمَكَّةَby Mecca وَالبَيتِand by the House الَّذيwhich عِندَwith; near هاشِمِHāshim
وَمَكَّةَ وَالبَيتِ الَّذي عِندَ هاشِمِ
Rather, the Ṭāʾī horseman scattered their forces,
By Mecca and the House that is with Hāshim!
إِذاwhen ماemphatic particle دَعواthey summoned عِجلاًʿIjl عَجَلناwe hastened عَلَيهِمagainst them
إِذا ما دَعوا عِجلاً عَجَلنا عَلَيهِم
بِمَأثورَةٍwith patterned steel تَشفيcures صُداعَthe headache of الجَماجِمِthe skulls
بِمَأثورَةٍ تَشفي صُداعَ الجَماجِمِ
Whenever they summoned ʿIjl, we rushed upon them
With patterned steel that cures the skulls’ headache.
Sol 6.1