لَعَمرُكَby your life ماnot عَمرُوʿAmr بنُson of هِندٍHind وَقَدand indeed دَعاhe called
لَعَمرُكَ ما عَمرُو بنُ هِندٍ وَقَد دَعا
لِتَخدِمَso that she might serve أُمّيmy mother أَمَّهُhis mother بِمُوَفَّقِfortunate
لِتَخدِمَ أُمّي أَمَّهُ بِمُوَفَّقِ
By your life, ʿAmr son of Hind was not—when he called
for my mother to serve his mother—fortunate.
فَقامَthen he rose اِبنُson of كُلثومِKulthūm إِلىtoward السَيفِthe sword مُصلَتاًdrawing it bare
فَقامَ اِبنُ كُلثومِ إِلى السَيفِ مُصلَتاً
فَأَمسَكَthen he seized مِنfrom among نَدمائِهِhis drinking companions بِالمُخَنَّقِby the throat
فَأَمسَكَ مِن نَدمائِهِ بِالمُخَنَّقِ
Then Ibn Kulthūm rose to the sword, drawing it bare,
then seized him by the throat from among his drinking companions.
وَجَلَّلَهُand he struck him عَمرٌوʿAmr عَلىupon الرَأسِthe head ضَربَةًa blow
وَجَلَّلَهُ عَمرٌو عَلى الرَأسِ ضَربَةً
بِذيwith one bearing شُطَبٍgrooves صافيpure الحَديدَةِthe steel blade رَونَقِlustrous
بِذي شُطَبٍ صافي الحَديدَةِ رَونَقِ
And ʿAmr dealt him a blow upon the head
with a grooved sword of pure, gleaming steel.