كَمmany a لَكَyou have ياO اِبنَson of دَحمَةَDaḥma مِنof قَريبٍa kinsman
كَم لَكَ يا اِبنَ دَحمَةَ مِن قَريبٍ
مَعَwith التُبّانِthe loincloth يُنسَبُis linked by descent وَالزِيارِand the clamp
مَعَ التُبّانِ يُنسَبُ وَالزِيارِ
Many a kinsman you have, O son of Daḥma,
whose lineage is linked with loincloth and clamp.
يَظَلُّhe keeps يُدافِعُfending off الأَقلاعَthe sails مِنهاfrom it
يَظَلُّ يُدافِعُ الأَقلاعَ مِنها
بِمُلتَزِمِat the handhold of السَفينَةِthe ship وَالحِتارِand the gunwale
بِمُلتَزِمِ السَفينَةِ وَالحِتارِ
He spends the day fending off its sails,
at the ship’s handhold and gunwale.
إِذاwhen نُسِبَتhas its lineage traced عُمانُOman وَجَدتَyou find فيهاwithin it
إِذا نُسِبَت عُمانُ وَجَدتَ فيها
مَذاهِبَroutes لِلسَفينِfor ships وَلِلصَراريand for the shipmaster
مَذاهِبَ لِلسَفينِ وَلِلصَراري
When Oman’s lineage is traced, you find within it
routes for ships and for the shipmaster.
أولَئِكَthose مَعشَرٌa people أَقعَواthey squatted جَميعاًall together
أولَئِكَ مَعشَرٌ أَقعَوا جَميعاً
عَلىupon لُؤمِthe baseness of المَناقِبِqualities وَالنِجارِand ancestry
عَلى لُؤمِ المَناقِبِ وَالنِجارِ
Those are a people who all squatted
upon base qualities and lowly stock.
أَرىI see داراًa house يُشَرِّفُهاhe ennobles it جُدَيعٌJudayʿ
أَرى داراً يُشَرِّفُها جُدَيعٌ
كَأَلأَمِlike the basest ماwhat تَكونُcan be مِنَamong الدِيارِthe houses
كَأَلأَمِ ما تَكونُ مِنَ الدِيارِ
I see a house that Judayʿ ennobles,
as base as any house can be,
عَلىupon آساسِthe foundations of عَبدٍa slave مِنfrom عُمانٍOman
عَلى آساسِ عَبدٍ مِن عُمانٍ
تَقَيَّلَtook his noon rest فيamong رِفاقِthe companions of أَبيAbū صِفارِṢifār
تَقَيَّلَ في رِفاقِ أَبي صِفارِ
on the foundations of a slave from Oman,
who took his noon rest among Abū Ṣifār’s companions.