هَلاwhy not سَقَيتُمyou gave water to بَنيsons of جَرمٍJarm أَسيرَكُمyour captive
هَلا سَقَيتُم بَني جَرمٍ أَسيرَكُم
نَفسيmy soul فِداؤُكَa ransom for you مِنof ذيone possessed of غُلَّةٍburning thirst صاديparched
نَفسي فِداؤُكَ مِن ذي غُلَّةٍ صادي
Will you not give your captive drink, O sons of Jarm?
Why not give your captive water, sons of Jarm?
My life be your ransom—you who are parched with burning thirst—
My soul be your ransom, O parched one burning with thirst.
شَهّادُfrequent attender of أَندِيَةٍassemblies رَفّاعُraiser of أَلوِيَةٍbanners
شَهّادُ أَندِيَةٍ رَفّاعُ أَلوِيَةٍ
سَدّادُmender of أَوهِيَةٍbreaches فَتّاحُopener of أَسدادِbarriers
سَدّادُ أَوهِيَةٍ فَتّاحُ أَسدادِ
Ever present in councils, a raiser of banners,
A constant attender of assemblies, a raiser of banners;
A mender of breaches, an opener of barriers,
A mender of breaches, an opener of barriers;
نَحّارُslaughterer of راغِيَةٍa bellowing camel قَتّالُslayer of طاغِيَةٍa tyrant
نَحّارُ راغِيَةٍ قَتّالُ طاغِيَةٍ
حَلّالُone who encamps on رابِيَةٍa hill فَكّاكُloosener of أَقيادِfetters
حَلّالُ رابِيَةٍ فَكّاكُ أَقيادِ
A slaughterer of bellowing camels, a slayer of tyrants,
A slaughterer of bellowing camels, a slayer of tyrants;
One who encamps upon the heights, a breaker of fetters,
A camper on hilltops, a loosener of fetters;
قَوّالُspeaker of مُحكَمَةٍa well-wrought utterance نَقّاضُunraveler of مُبرَمَةٍsomething firmly bound
قَوّالُ مُحكَمَةٍ نَقّاضُ مُبرَمَةٍ
فَرّاجُsolver of مُبهَمَةٍa perplexing matter طَلّاعُclimber of أَنجادِheights
فَرّاجُ مُبهَمَةٍ طَلّاعُ أَنجادِ
A speaker of decisive words, an undoer of firm resolves,
A speaker of well-wrought words, an unraveler of what is firmly bound;
A solver of mysteries, a climber of highlands.
A solver of perplexities, a climber of heights.
