بَنيO sons of أَسَدٍAsad ماwhat بالُis the matter with آلِthe family of خُوَيلِدٍKhuwailid
بَني أَسَدٍ ما بالُ آلِ خُوَيلِدٍ
يَحِنّونَthey yearn شَوقاًwith longing كُلَّevery يَومٍday إِلىfor القِبطِthe Copts
يَحِنّونَ شَوقاً كُلَّ يَومٍ إِلى القِبطِ
O sons of Asad, what ails Khuwailid's family?
O sons of Asad, what is it with the clan of Khuwalid
They pine with longing every day for the Copts.
That they yearn every day for Egypt?
إِذاwhenever ذُكِرَتis mentioned قَهقاءُQahqa' حَنّواthey yearn لِذِكرِهاat its remembrance
إِذا ذُكِرَت قَهقاءُ حَنّوا لِذِكرِها
وَلِلرَمَثِand for the raft المَقرونِlashed together وَالسَمَكِand the fish الرُقطِspeckled
وَلِلرَمَثِ المَقرونِ وَالسَمَكِ الرُقطِ
Whenever Qahqa' is mentioned, they yearn at its memory,
If the deserts of Qahqa are mentioned they yearn at the mention
And for the lashed-together raft and the speckled fish.
And for salted fish and dried mullet
وَأَعيُنُهُمand their eyes مِثلُlike الزُجاجِglass وَصيغَةٌand a physical form
وَأَعيُنُهُم مِثلُ الزُجاجِ وَصيغَةٌ
تُخالِفُdiffers from كَعباًKa'b فيin لَحىًbeards لَهُمُof theirs ثُطِّscanty
تُخالِفُ كَعباً في لَحىً لَهُمُ ثُطِّ
And their eyes are like glass, and their appearance
Their eyes are like glass, though their beards are a different shape
Differs from Ka'b's in their scanty beards.
You see the youth and elders among them
تَرىyou see ذاكَthat فيin الشُبّانِthe young men وَالمُردِand the beardless youths مِنهُمُamong them
تَرى ذاكَ في الشُبّانِ وَالمُردِ مِنهُمُ
مُبيناًplainly visible وَفيand in الأَطفالِthe children مِنهُمamong them وَفيand in الشُمطِthe grizzled men
مُبيناً وَفي الأَطفالِ مِنهُم وَفي الشُمطِ
You see that in their young men and beardless youths,
Clearly, and among their children, too, and their rabble
Plainly, and in their children and grizzled men.
By the life of Abu'l-‘Awwam, Khuwalid will strengthen the pact
لَعَمروُby the life of أَبيthe father of العَوّامِal-Awwam إِنَّindeed خُوَيلِداًKhuwailid
لَعَمروُ أَبي العَوّامِ إِنَّ خُوَيلِداً
غَداةَon the morning تَبَنّاهُhe adopted him لَيوثِقُsurely makes binding فيin الشُرطِthe stipulations
غَداةَ تَبَنّاهُ لَيوثِقُ في الشُرطِ
By the life of al-Awwam's father, Khuwailid indeed
And if you, Jarir, attack me
Made the terms binding the morning he adopted him.
I will push you back, a slave to dishonor and abjection
وَإِنَّكَand indeed you إِنif تَجرُرyou bring عَلَيَّagainst me جَريرَةًan offense
وَإِنَّكَ إِن تَجرُر عَلَيَّ جَريرَةً
رَدَدتُكَI will return you عَبداًa slave فيin المَهانَةِhumiliation وَالعَفطِand farting
رَدَدتُكَ عَبداً في المَهانَةِ وَالعَفطِ
And as for you, if you commit an offense against me,
I will make you a slave again, abased and farting.
Partial English translation: 10 of 12 Arabic lines translated.