أَبَنيO sons of لُبَينىLubayna لَستُمُyou are not بِيَدٍa hand
أَبَني لُبَينى لَستُمُ بِيَدٍ
إِلّاexcept يَداًa hand لَيسَتthere is not لَهاfor it عَضُدُan upper arm
إِلّا يَداً لَيسَت لَها عَضُدُ
O sons of Lubayna, you are no hand,
My sweet daughters, you are not in my hands,
save a hand that has no upper arm.
Except as hands without strength.
أَبَنيO sons of لُبَينىLubayna لاnot أُحِقُّكُمُI acknowledge you
أَبَني لُبَينى لا أُحِقُّكُمُ
وَجَدَmay be angry الإِلَهُGod بِكُمwith you كَماjust as أَجدُI am angry
وَجَدَ الإِلَهُ بِكُم كَما أَجدُ
O sons of Lubayna, I do not acknowledge you;
My sweet daughters, I do not wrong you,
may God be angry with you as I am.
God has found you as I have found you.
أَبَنيO sons of لُبَينىLubayna لَستُI am not مُعتَرِفاًadmitting
أَبَني لُبَينى لَستُ مُعتَرِفاً
لِيَكونَthat there should be أَلأَمَbaser مِنكُمُthan you أَحَدُanyone
لِيَكونَ أَلأَمَ مِنكُمُ أَحَدُ
O sons of Lubayna, I do not admit
My sweet daughters, I do not confess
that anyone could be baser than you.
That one of you has pained me.
أَبَنيO sons of لُبَينىLubayna إِنَّindeed أُمُّكُمُyour mother
أَبَني لُبَينى إِنَّ أُمُّكُمُ
أَمَةٌa slave woman وَإِنَّand indeed أَباكُمُyour father عَبدُa slave
أَمَةٌ وَإِنَّ أَباكُمُ عَبدُ
O sons of Lubayna, indeed your mother
My sweet daughters, your mother
is a slave woman, and indeed your father is a slave.
Is a slave woman and your father a slave.
أَبَنيO sons of لُبَينىLubayna إِنَّindeed أُمُّكُمُyour mother
أَبَني لُبَينى إِنَّ أُمُّكُمُ
دَحَقَتsuffered uterine prolapse فَخَرَّقَthen tore open ثَفرَهاher vulva الزَندُthe forearm
دَحَقَت فَخَرَّقَ ثَفرَها الزَندُ
O sons of Lubayna, indeed your mother
My sweet daughters, your mother
suffered a womb prolapse; then the forearm tore her vulva open.
Was hit and her womb torn open by a spear.
تُنفَونَyou are driven away عَنfrom طُرُقِthe paths of الكِرامِthe noble كَماas
تُنفَونَ عَن طُرُقِ الكِرامِ كَما
تَنفيdrive away المَطارِقُthe wool-beating rods ماwhat يَليadjoins القَرَدُthe matted wool
تَنفي المَطارِقُ ما يَلي القَرَدُ
You are driven from the paths of the noble, as
You avoid the paths of nobility as
wool-beating rods drive away what adjoins matted wool.
The hammer avoids what is next to the monkey.
وَكَأَنَّand as though ظُعنَwomen in camel-litters الحَيِّthe tribe مُدبِرَةًdeparting
وَكَأَنَّ ظُعنَ الحَيِّ مُدبِرَةً
نَخلٌdate palms بِزارَةَat Zara حَملُهُits fruit السُعُدُsuʿud dates
نَخلٌ بِزارَةَ حَملُهُ السُعُدُ
And the tribe's departing women in camel-litters seem like
And it is as if the stabs of the living stabbed you in the back,
date palms at Zara, whose fruit is suʿud dates.
Date palms heavy with fruit carried by buzzards.
خانَتكَbetrayed you مِنهُof him ماwhat عَلِمتَyou knew كَماjust as
خانَتكَ مِنهُ ما عَلِمتَ كَما
خانَbetrayed الإِخاءَbrotherhood خَليلَهُhis close friend لُبَدُLubad
خانَ الإِخاءَ خَليلَهُ لُبَدُ
What you knew of him betrayed you, just as
He has betrayed you as much as you know, as
Lubad betrayed his friend in their brotherhood.
Lubaid betrayed his brother-friend.