كذبتمyou lied بلrather أنتمُyou (plural) أهلpeople of حرةٍa lava field
كذبتم بل أنتمُ أهل حرةٍ
نفوكمthey expelled you وحلّواand they settled بالدماثon soft ground وبالسهلand on the plain
نفوكم وحلّوا بالدماث وبالسهل
You lied! Rather, it was you whom the people of a lava field
Drove out, and they settled on soft ground and on the plain.
أبواthey refused واستعفواand sought exemption أنthat يُرىbe seen بجلودهمon their skins
أبوا واستعفوا أن يُرى بجلودهم
ندوبscars فباعواso they traded away السقيَirrigated land بالحلةfor the settlement البعلrain-fed
ندوب فباعوا السقيَ بالحلة البعل
They refused and sought to be spared having their skins show
Scars; so they traded irrigated land for the rain-fed settlement.