قالَتshe said أُمامَةُUmāmah كَمhow long عُمِرتَhave you lived زَمَانَةًa span of time
قالَت أُمامَةُ كَم عُمِرتَ زَمَانَةً
وَذَبَحتَand you slaughtered مِنof عِترٍsacrificial beasts عَلىto الأَوثانِthe idols
وَذَبَحتَ مِن عِترٍ عَلى الأَوثانِ
Umāmah said, “How long have you lived,
and how many beasts have you sacrificed to the idols?”
وَلَقَدand indeed شَهِدتُI attended عُكاظَʿUkāẓ قَبلَbefore مَحَلِّهاher stay
وَلَقَد شَهِدتُ عُكاظَ قَبلَ مَحَلِّها
فِيهاthere وَكُنتُand I was أُعَدُّcounted مِنَamong الفِتيانِthe young men
فِيها وَكُنتُ أُعَدُّ مِنَ الفِتيانِ
Indeed, I attended ʿUkāẓ before her stay
there, and I was counted among the young men.
وَالمُنذرَand al-Mundhir بنَson of مُحرّقٍMuḥarriq فيduring مُلكِهِhis reign
وَالمُنذرَ بنَ مُحرّقٍ في مُلكِهِ
وشهدتُand I witnessed يَومَthe day of هَجائِنِfine-bred camels of النُعمانِal-Nuʿmān
وشهدتُ يَومَ هَجائِنِ النُعمانِ
And al-Mundhir son of Muḥarriq during his reign,
and I witnessed the day of al-Nuʿmān’s fine-bred camels.
وَعُمِرتُand I lived حَتّىuntil جاءَcame أَحمدُAḥmad بالهُدىwith guidance
وَعُمِرتُ حَتّى جاءَ أَحمدُ بالهُدى
وَقَوارعٍand striking admonitions تُتلىrecited مِنfrom الفِرقانِthe Criterion
وَقَوارعٍ تُتلى مِن الفِرقانِ
And I lived until Aḥmad came with guidance
and striking admonitions recited from the Criterion.
وَلَبِستُand I donned مِنof الإِسلامِIslam ثَوباًa garment واسِعاًample
وَلَبِستُ مِن الإِسلامِ ثَوباً واسِعاً
مِنfrom سَيبِthe bounty of لاneither حَرِمٍwithholding وَلاnor مَنّانِreproaching others with his gifts
مِن سَيبِ لا حَرِمٍ وَلا مَنّانِ
And I donned an ample garment of Islam,
from the bounty of one who neither withholds nor reproaches.