ياO لَهْفَanguish هِنْدٍHind إذwhen خَطِئنَthey missed كاهِلاًKahil
يا لَهْفَ هِنْدٍ إذ خَطِئنَ كاهِلاً
القاتِلِينَthose who slew المَلِكَthe king الحُلاحِلاthe mighty one
القاتِلِينَ المَلِكَ الحُلاحِلا
Alas for Hind when they missed Kahil—
O longing of Hind when they erred a shoulder
Those who slew the mighty king,
The killers of the king the smooth-skinned
خَيرَthe best of مَعَدٍّMaʿadd حَسَباًin ancestral honor وَنَائِلاand bounty
خَيرَ مَعَدٍّ حَسَباً وَنَائِلا
وخَيرَهُمْand the best of them قَدْindeed عَلِمُواthey knew شمائِلاin character
وخَيرَهُمْ قَدْ عَلِمُوا شمائِلا
The best of Maʿadd in ancestral honor and bounty,
Best tribe lineage and attainers
And their best in character, as they well knew.
And their best they knew well traits
نَحْنُwe جَلَبْنَاwe brought القُرَّحَthe full-grown horses القَوَافِلاthe lean ones
نَحْنُ جَلَبْنَا القُرَّحَ القَوَافِلا
تَاللهby God لاnot يَذهَبُshall go شَيخيmy father بَاطِلاin vain
تَالله لا يَذهَبُ شَيخي بَاطِلا
We brought the full-grown, lean steeds;
We brought the caravans the glass vessels
By God, my father shall not go unavenged!
By Allah my elder will not go in vain
يَحْمِلْنَنَاthey carry us وَالأسَلَand the spears النَّوَاهِلاthe blood-drinking ones
يَحْمِلْنَنَا وَالأسَلَ النَّوَاهِلا
وَحَيَّand the clan of صَعْبٍSaʿb وَالوَشِيجَand the spear-shafts الذّابِلاthe slender ones
وَحَيَّ صَعْبٍ وَالوَشِيجَ الذّابِلا
They carry us and the blood-drinking spears,
They will carry us and the night shadows
And the clan of Saʿb, and the slender spear-shafts,
And life of Sa'b and Al Wašīǧ the withering
مُسْتَثْفِرَاتٍcruppered بالحَصَىwith gravel جَوَافلاgalloping headlong
مُسْتَثْفِرَاتٍ بالحَصَى جَوَافلا
يَسْتَشْرِفُstrain to see الأوَاخِرُthe hindmost الأوَائِلاthe foremost
يَسْتَشْرِفُ الأوَاخِرُ الأوَائِلا
Cruppered with gravel, galloping headlong,
Seeking pardon with pebbles torrents
The hindmost strain to see the foremost,
The last descry the first
حَتىuntil أُبِيدَI annihilate مَالِكاًMalik وَكَاهِلاًand Kahil
حَتى أُبِيدَ مَالِكاً وَكَاهِلاً
Until I annihilate Malik and Kahil.
Until Malik and shoulder were destroyed