سَلامَةُSalāma دُميَةٌan effigy فيin لَوحِthe panel of بابٍa door
سَلامَةُ دُميَةٌ في لَوحِ بابٍ
هُبِلتَmay your mother lose you! أَلاwill you not تُعِزُّyou defend كَماas تُجيرُyou grant refuge
هُبِلتَ أَلا تُعِزُّ كَما تُجيرُ
Salāma is an effigy on a door-panel.
May your mother lose you! Will you not defend as you grant refuge?
تَقَلَّدhang about your neck أَيرَthe cock of زِنباعٍZinbāʿ وَرَوحٍand Rawḥ
تَقَلَّد أَيرَ زِنباعٍ وَرَوحٍ
سَلامَةُSalāma إِنَّهُindeed he is بِئسَhow wretched الخَفيرُthe protector
سَلامَةُ إِنَّهُ بِئسَ الخَفيرُ
Hang the cock of Zinbāʿ and Rawḥ about your neck,
Salāma—truly, what a wretched protector!
وَلاand never يَنفَكُّwill cease ماas long as عاشَhe lives اِبنُthe son of رَوحٍRawḥ
وَلا يَنفَكُّ ما عاشَ اِبنُ رَوحٍ
جُذامِيٌّa man of Judhām بِذِمَّتِهِin his pledged covenant خَتورُdeeply treacherous
جُذامِيٌّ بِذِمَّتِهِ خَتورُ
And as long as Ibn Rawḥ lives, there will always be
A man of Judhām, deeply treacherous to his pledge.