نَسَبِlineage الجِمازُal-Jimaz مَقصوconfined (first fragment)
نَسَبِ الجِمازُ مَقصو
رَcompletes 'confined' إِلَيهِto him مُنتَهاهُits endpoint
رَ إِلَيهِ مُنتَهاهُ
Al-Jammāz’s lineage is cut shor—
Al-Jimaz's lineage is confined:
—t: in him it reaches its furthest point.
it ends with him.
تَنتَهيreach their end الأَحسابُpedigrees بِالناwith people (first fragment)
تَنتَهي الأَحسابُ بِالنا
سِcompletes 'people' وَلاand not تَعدوgo beyond قِفاهُhis nape
سِ وَلا تَعدو قِفاهُ
Pedigrees culminate in peo—
Pedigrees end with people,
—ple, but his never passes the nape of his neck.
but his goes no farther than his nape.
يَتَحاجىtrade riddles فيabout أَبيfather of الجِمal-Jimaz (first fragment)
يَتَحاجى في أَبي الجِم
ازِcompletes 'al-Jimaz' مَنwho هُوَhe كاتِباهُhis two scribes
ازِ مَن هُوَ كاتِباهُ
Over who the father of al-Jammā—
They trade riddles about al-Jimaz's father—
—z is, his two scribes trade riddles.
his two scribes: "Who is he?"
لَيسَdoes not يَدريknow مِنwho أَبوfather of الجِمal-Jimaz (first fragment)
لَيسَ يَدري مِن أَبو الجِم
ازِcompletes 'al-Jimaz' إِلّاexcept مِنthe one who بَراهُcreated him
ازِ إِلّا مِن بَراهُ
No one knows who the father of al-Jammā—
No one knows who al-Jimaz's father is,
—z is, save the One who fashioned him.
except the One who created him.
