مَواقِدُhearths نيرانِهِمtheir fires قِرَّةٌcold
مَواقِدُ نيرانِهِم قِرَّةٌ
وَسِربالُand the tunic طاهيهِمُtheir cook أَبيَضُwhite
وَسِربالُ طاهيهِمُ أَبيَضُ
The hearths of their fires are cold,
Their fires are blazing bright
and their cook's tunic is white.
In robes of purest white
إِذاwhen حُرِّكواthey are roused لِلمَساعيto noble deeds أَبواthey refuse
إِذا حُرِّكوا لِلمَساعي أَبوا
وَإِنand if أُنزِلواthey are lodged دارَan abode ضَيمٍhumiliation رَضواthey are content
وَإِن أُنزِلوا دارَ ضَيمٍ رَضوا
When roused to noble deeds, they refuse;
If stirred for noble deed
and if lodged in an abode of humiliation, they are content.
Content whate'er their need