فَاِسأَلso ask هَوازِنَHawazin إِنَّindeed عِندَamong سَراتِهِمtheir nobles
فَاِسأَل هَوازِنَ إِنَّ عِندَ سَراتِهِم
عِلماًknowledge وَمُجتَمَعاًand a collection مِنَof الأَخبارِreports
عِلماً وَمُجتَمَعاً مِنَ الأَخبارِ
So ask Hawazin: among their nobles there is
Knowledge and a store of reports.
قَومٌa people لَهُمthey have نَضَدٌnoble rank كَأَنas though أَجسادُهُمtheir bodies
قَومٌ لَهُم نَضَدٌ كَأَن أَجسادُهُم
بِالأَعوَجِيَّةِon Aʿwaj-bred steeds مِنfrom سَلوقَSaluq ضَواريhunting hounds
بِالأَعوَجِيَّةِ مِن سَلوقَ ضَواري
A people of noble rank, whose bodies look,
On Aʿwaj-bred steeds, like hunting hounds from Saluq.
فَلتُخبِرَنَّكَso let them surely tell you أَنَّthat عِزَّةَthe glory of دارِمٍDarim
فَلتُخبِرَنَّكَ أَنَّ عِزَّةَ دارِمٍ
سَبَقَتكَhas outstripped you ياO اِبنَson of مُسَوِّقِthe driver of الأَعيارِdonkeys
سَبَقَتكَ يا اِبنَ مُسَوِّقِ الأَعيارِ
So let them surely tell you that Darim's glory
Has outstripped you, O son of the donkey-driver.
كَيفَhow التَعَذُّرُmaking excuses بَعدَماafter ذَمَّرتُمُyou examined at birth
كَيفَ التَعَذُّرُ بَعدَما ذَمَّرتُمُ
سَقباًa male camel-calf لِمُعضِلَةِfor a she-camel in difficulty النِتاجِcalving نَوارِshy of mating
سَقباً لِمُعضِلَةِ النِتاجِ نَوارِ
How can you make excuses, after you have examined
A male calf of a she-camel hard in labor and shy of mating?
قَبَحَmay he disgrace الإِلَهُGod بَنيthe sons of كُلَيبٍKulayb إِنَّهُمindeed they
قَبَحَ الإِلَهُ بَني كُلَيبٍ إِنَّهُم
لاnot يَغدِرونَthey betray وَلاnor يَفونَthey keep faith لِجارِwith a neighbor
لا يَغدِرونَ وَلا يَفونَ لِجارِ
May God disgrace Banu Kulayb, for they
Neither betray nor keep faith with a neighbor.
يَستَيقِظونَthey wake إِلىat نُهاقِthe braying of حِمارِهِمtheir donkey
يَستَيقِظونَ إِلى نُهاقِ حِمارِهِم
وَتَنامُand sleep أَعيُنُهُمtheir eyes عَنِheedless of الأَوتارِwrongs to avenge
وَتَنامُ أَعيُنُهُم عَنِ الأَوتارِ
They wake at the braying of their donkey,
And their eyes sleep, heedless of wrongs to avenge.
ياO حَقَّtruth كُلُّevery بَنيson of كُلَيبٍKulayb فَوقَهُupon him
يا حَقَّ كُلُّ بَني كُلَيبٍ فَوقَهُ
لُؤمٌbaseness تَسَربَلَهُhe has donned it إِلىdown to الأَظفارِthe fingernails
لُؤمٌ تَسَربَلَهُ إِلى الأَظفارِ
Truly, every man of Banu Kulayb has upon him
Baseness he has donned down to his fingernails.
مُتَبَرقِعيveiled in لُؤمٍbaseness كَأَنَّas though وُجوهَهُمtheir faces
مُتَبَرقِعي لُؤمٍ كَأَنَّ وُجوهَهُم
طُلِيَتwere smeared حَواجِبُهاtheir brows عَنِيَّةَa salve of قارِtar
طُلِيَت حَواجِبُها عَنِيَّةَ قارِ
Veiled in baseness, as though their faces
Had their brows smeared with a salve of tar.
كَمmany مِنof أَبٍa forefather ليof mine ياO Jarir جَريرُas though he were كَأَنَّهُas though he were
كَم مِن أَبٍ لي يا جَريرُ كَأَنَّهُ
قَمَرُthe moon of المَجَرَّةِthe Milky Way أَوor سِراجُthe lamp of نَهارِday
قَمَرُ المَجَرَّةِ أَو سِراجُ نَهارِ
Many a forefather of mine, O Jarir, is like
The moon of the Milky Way, or the lamp of day.
وَرِثَhe inherited المَكارِمَnoble virtues كابِراًa great man عَنfrom كابِرٍa great man
وَرِثَ المَكارِمَ كابِراً عَن كابِرٍ
ضَخمِgreat in الدَسيعَةِbounty يَومَon the day of كُلِّevery فَخارِboasting contest
ضَخمِ الدَسيعَةِ يَومَ كُلِّ فَخارِ
He inherited noble virtues, a great man from a great man,
Lavish in bounty on every day of boasting.
تَلقىyou find فَوارِسَناour horsemen إِذاwhen رَبَّقتُمُyou fasten halters
تَلقى فَوارِسَنا إِذا رَبَّقتُمُ
مُتَلَبِّبينَgirt for battle لِكُلِّfor every يَومِday of عَوارِcalamity
مُتَلَبِّبينَ لِكُلِّ يَومِ عَوارِ
You find our horsemen, when you fasten halters,
Girt for every day of calamity.
وَلَقَدand indeed تَرَكتُI have left بَنيthe sons of كُلَيبٍKulayb كُلَّهُمall of them
وَلَقَد تَرَكتُ بَني كُلَيبٍ كُلَّهُم
صُمَّdeaf الرُؤوسِin the head مُفَقَّئيwith gouged-out الأَبصارِeyes
صُمَّ الرُؤوسِ مُفَقَّئي الأَبصارِ
And indeed, I have left all of Banu Kulayb
Deaf-headed, with their eyes gouged out.
وَلَقَدand indeed ضَلَلتَyou have lost أَباكَyour father تَطلُبُseeking دارِماًDarim
وَلَقَد ضَلَلتَ أَباكَ تَطلُبُ دارِماً
كَضَلالِlike the straying of مُلتَمِسٍone seeking طَريقَthe road to وَبارِWabar
كَضَلالِ مُلتَمِسٍ طَريقَ وَبارِ
And indeed, you have lost your father while seeking Darim,
Like one who strays seeking the road to Wabar.
لاnot يَهتَديhe finds his way أَبَداًever وَلَوeven if نُعِتَتit were described لَهُto him
لا يَهتَدي أَبَداً وَلَو نُعِتَت لَهُ
بِسَبيلِby a path of وارِدَةٍa party going to water وَلاnor إِصدارِdeparture from water
بِسَبيلِ وارِدَةٍ وَلا إِصدارِ
He never finds his way, even if it is described to him—
Neither by a watering party's path nor a route away from water.
قالواthey said عَلَيكَyou must follow الشَمسَthe sun فَاِقصِدso head نَحوَهاtoward it
قالوا عَلَيكَ الشَمسَ فَاِقصِد نَحوَها
وَالشَمسُand the sun نائِيَةٌfar away عَنِfrom السُفّارِtravelers
وَالشَمسُ نائِيَةٌ عَنِ السُفّارِ
They said, 'Follow the sun; so head toward it,'
Yet the sun is far from travelers.
لَمّاwhen تَكَسَّعَhe wandered blindly فيin الرِمالِthe sands هَدَتshe guided لَهُfor him
لَمّا تَكَسَّعَ في الرِمالِ هَدَت لَهُ
عَرفاءُa maned hyena هادِيَةٌa guide بِكُلِّat every وِجارِlair
عَرفاءُ هادِيَةٌ بِكُلِّ وِجارِ
When he stumbled blindly through the sands, he was guided
By a maned hyena, a guide at every lair.
Translation model: Sol 6.1