إِذاwhen الناسُpeople هابواthey feared خَزيَةًa disgrace ذَهَبَتyou went بِهاwith it
إِذا الناسُ هابوا خَزيَةً ذَهَبَت بِها
أَحَبُّmost beloved المَخازيdisgraces كَهلُهاtheir full-grown ones وَوَليدُهاand their newborn ones
أَحَبُّ المَخازي كَهلُها وَوَليدُها
When people recoil from a disgrace, I carry it off;
When people shrink from a disgrace, you take it on;
dearest among disgraces are the mature and the newborn.
Dearest to you are disgraces, full-grown and newborn alike.
لَعَمرُby the life of عَجوزٍan old woman طَرَّقَتshe acted as midwife بِكَat your birth إِنَّنيindeed I
لَعَمرُ عَجوزٍ طَرَّقَت بِكَ إِنَّني
عُمَيرَO Umayr بنَson of رَملٍRaml لِاِبنُindeed a son of حَربٍwar أَقودُهاI lead it
عُمَيرَ بنَ رَملٍ لِاِبنُ حَربٍ أَقودُها
By the life of an old woman who came to you by night, indeed I—
By the life of the old woman who delivered you, I—
O ʿUmayr ibn Raml—am leading her to Ibn Harb
O Umayr son of Raml—am indeed a son of war, which I lead
بِنَفسيin my own person فَلاso do not تَقطَعtear apart فُؤادَكَyour heart ضِلَّةًin folly
بِنَفسي فَلا تَقطَع فُؤادَكَ ضِلَّةً
كَذَلِكَlikewise حَزنيmy rugged ground وَعثُهاits loose, difficult sands وَصُعودُهاand its ascents
كَذَلِكَ حَزني وَعثُها وَصُعودُها
in person; so do not rend your heart in deluded distress.
Myself; so do not tear your heart apart in folly.
Such is my rugged ground—its arduous going and its ascent.
Likewise, its loose sands and ascents are my rugged ground.
