أَبيدَةُAbīda قالَتsaid لِلوُعولِto the ibexes مُسِرَّةًspeaking secretly
أَبيدَةُ قالَت لِلوُعولِ مُسِرَّةً
تَبِدنَyou will perish بِحُكمِby the decree of اللَهِGod ثُمَّthen أَبيدُI will perish
تَبِدنَ بِحُكمِ اللَهِ ثُمَّ أَبيدُ
Abīda said to the ibexes in secret:
You will perish by God's decree; then I shall perish.
وَلاand not أَدَّعيI claim لِلفَرقَدَينِfor the two Farqad stars بِعِزَّةٍwith invulnerability
وَلا أَدَّعي لِلفَرقَدَينِ بِعِزَّةٍ
وَلاand not آلِthe family of نَعشٍNaʿsh ماwhat اِدَّعاهُhe claimed it لَبيدُLabīd
وَلا آلِ نَعشٍ ما اِدَّعاهُ لَبيدُ
Nor do I claim invulnerability for the two Farqad stars,
nor for Naʿsh's family, as Labīd did.
وَكَمand many a ظالِمٍwrongdoer يَتَلَذُّsavors شَهداًhoney كَأَنَّهُas though he were
وَكَم ظالِمٍ يَتَلَذُّ شَهداً كَأَنَّهُ
ظَليمٌa male ostrich قَراهُfed him بِالفَلاةِin the wilderness هَبيدُcolocynth seeds
ظَليمٌ قَراهُ بِالفَلاةِ هَبيدُ
And many a wrongdoer savors honey as though he were
a male ostrich fed by colocynth seeds in the wilderness.
وَكَدُرَيَّةٍand a dusky sandgrouse أَودَتperished وَغودِرَand was left behind مُدهُنٌa rock pool
وَكَدُرَيَّةٍ أَودَت وَغودِرَ مُدهُنٌ
وَبَيدانَةٍand a wild she-ass مِنهاwithout her المَراتِعَthe grazing grounds بيدُdeserts
وَبَيدانَةٍ مِنها المَراتِعَ بيدُ
And many a dusky sandgrouse has perished, and a rock pool was left behind,
and many a wild she-ass whose pastures are deserts without her.
فَإِنَّfor indeed عَبيداًʿAbīd وَاِبنَand the son of هِندٍHind وَتُبَّعاًand Tubbaʿ
فَإِنَّ عَبيداً وَاِبنَ هِندٍ وَتُبَّعاً
وَأُسرَةَand the family of كِسرىKisrā لِلمَليكِto the Sovereign عَبيدُslaves
وَأُسرَةَ كِسرى لِلمَليكِ عَبيدُ
For indeed, ʿAbīd, Hind's son, and Tubbaʿ,
and Kisrā's family are slaves to the Sovereign.