بنيO sons of منقذMunqidh لاmay ... not آمنallay اللهGod خوفكمyour fear
بني منقذ لا آمن الله خوفكم
وزادكمand may He increase you in ذلاabasement ورقةand frailty of جانبflank
وزادكم ذلا ورقة جانب
Sons of Mundhir, may God never deliver you from fear,
O sons of Munqidh, may God never allay your fear,
and may He increase your humiliation and feebleness of spirit.
and increase your abasement and the frailty of your flank.
فمنwho, then يرتجيكمhopes in you بعدafter نائلةNa'ila التيwho
فمن يرتجيكم بعد نائلة التي
دعتshe cried out ويلهاher woe لماwhen رأتshe saw ثأرblood-vengeance for غالبGhalib
دعت ويلها لما رأت ثأر غالب
For who could look to you with hope after Nāʾila, who
Who, then, could hope in you after Na'ila, who
cried out, “Woe!” when she saw vengeance for Ghalib?
cried out in woe when she saw vengeance for Ghalib?
دعتهshe called him وفيand in اثوابهhis garments منfrom دمائهاher blood
دعته وفي اثوابه من دمائها
خليطاtwo mingled portions of دمblood منfrom ثوبهhis garment غيرnot ذاهبdeparting
خليطا دم من ثوبه غير ذاهب
She called to him, while upon his garments some of her blood
She called to him, while upon his garments, from her blood,
lay mingled—blood that would not leave his robe.
were two mingled bloodstains that would not leave his robe.
