تَعَلَّمKnow أنَّthat خيرَthe best of الناسِpeople طُرَّاًall
تَعَلَّم أنَّ خيرَ الناسِ طُرَّاً
قتيلٌslain بينamong أحجارِthe stones of الكُلابِal-Kulab
قتيلٌ بين أحجارِ الكُلابِ
Know that the best of all people
Learn that the best of men met misfortune,
lies slain among the stones of al-Kulab.
Slain amid the stones cast by dogs.
تَداعَتgathered together حولهaround him جُشَمُJusham بنson of بكرٍBakr
تَداعَت حوله جُشَمُ بن بكرٍ
وأَسلَمَهُand abandoned him جَعاسيسُbase wretches الرِّبابal-Ribab
وأَسلَمَهُ جَعاسيسُ الرِّباب
Jusham ibn Bakr gathered around him,
The tribe of Jusham rallied around him
and the base wretches of al-Ribab abandoned him.
And the spies of Ribaab betrayed him.