لَقَدindeed أَمسىcame to be بَنوthe sons of لِحيانَLiḥyān مِنّيat my hands
لَقَد أَمسى بَنو لِحيانَ مِنّي
بِحَمدِwith praise to اللَهِGod فيin خِزىٍdisgrace مُبينِmanifest
بِحَمدِ اللَهِ في خِزىٍ مُبينِ
Indeed, the sons of Liḥyān are now, at my hands,
The people of Banu Lihian have truly been shamed by me,
Praise be to God, in manifest disgrace.
By the grace of God, in clear dishonor.
جَزَيتُهُمI repaid them بِماfor what أَخَذواthey took تِلاديmy long-held wealth
جَزَيتُهُم بِما أَخَذوا تِلادي
بَنيthe sons of لِحيانَLiḥyān كَيلاso that not يَحرَبونيthey plunder me
بَني لِحيانَ كَيلا يَحرَبوني
I repaid them for taking my long-held wealth—
I repaid them for attacking my people,
The sons of Liḥyān—lest they plunder me.
The people of Banu Lihian, so they would not fight me again.
تَخِذتُI took غَرازَGharāz إِثرَهُمalong their trail دَليلاًas a guide
تَخِذتُ غَرازَ إِثرَهُم دَليلاً
وَفَرّواand they fled فيinto الحِجازِthe Ḥijāz لِيُعجِزونيto elude me
وَفَرّوا في الحِجازِ لِيُعجِزوني
I took Gharāz as a guide along their trail,
I followed their footsteps as a guide,
And they fled into the Ḥijāz to elude me.
And they fled into Hejaz to evade me.
وَقَدand indeed عَصَّبتُI bound أَهلَthe people of العَرجِal-ʿArj مِنهُمamong them
وَقَد عَصَّبتُ أَهلَ العَرجِ مِنهُم
بِأَهلِto the people of صُوائِقٍṢuwāʾiq إِذwhen عَصّبونيthey bound me
بِأَهلِ صُوائِقٍ إِذ عَصّبوني
And I have bound their people of al-ʿArj
And I have united the people of al-‘Arj among them
To the people of Ṣuwāʾiq, when they bound me.
With the people of Suwaik, when they united against me.