لَوif كانَwere يَقعُدُto sit فَوقَabove الشَمسِthe sun مِنat all (emphatic) أَحَدٍanyone
لَو كانَ يَقعُدُ فَوقَ الشَمسِ مِن أَحَدٍ
قَومٌa people لِمَجدِهِمُfor their glory أَوor جودِهِمtheir generosity قَعَدواthey would sit
قَومٌ لِمَجدِهِمُ أَو جودِهِم قَعَدوا
If anyone at all could sit above the sun,
These men would sit there for their glory or their generosity.
قَومٌa people أَبوهُمtheir father سِنانٌSinan حينَwhen تَنسِبُهُمyou trace their lineage
قَومٌ أَبوهُم سِنانٌ حينَ تَنسِبُهُم
طابواthey were noble وَطابَand noble were مِنَamong الأَولادِthe children ماthose whom وَلَدواthey begot
طابوا وَطابَ مِنَ الأَولادِ ما وَلَدوا
A people whose father is Sinan, when you trace their lineage:
Noble were they, and noble were the children they begot.
إِنسٌhumans إِذاwhen أَمِنواthey are secure جِنٌّjinn إِذاwhen فَزِعواthey are alarmed
إِنسٌ إِذا أَمِنوا جِنٌّ إِذا فَزِعوا
مُرَزَّؤونَfrequently drawn upon for gifts بَهاليلٌnoble lords إِذاwhen حَشَدواthey muster
مُرَزَّؤونَ بَهاليلٌ إِذا حَشَدوا
Humans when secure, jinn when alarmed,
Much sought for their bounty, noble lords when they muster.