لَولاwere it not for أَنthat تَغارُgrow jealous بَنيthe sons of كُلَيبٍKulayb
لَولا أَن تَغارُ بَني كُلَيبٍ
لَأَشرَكناwe would have included غُدانَةَGhudāna فيin الأَتانِthe she-ass
لَأَشرَكنا غُدانَةَ في الأَتانِ
Were it not for the jealousy of the sons of Kulayb,
we would have let Ghudāna share in the she-ass.
وَلاand not يَنفَكُّceases يَنهَقُbrays فيon طَريقٍa road
وَلا يَنفَكُّ يَنهَقُ في طَريقٍ
كُلَيبِيٌّa man of Kulayb عَلَيهِupon him مَزادَتانِtwo waterskins
كُلَيبِيٌّ عَلَيهِ مَزادَتانِ
And he never stops braying along a road—
a Kulaybi with two waterskins upon him.