عَجِبتُI marveled لِرَحلٍat a saddle مِنfrom عَدِيِّʿAdi مُشَمَّسٍleft in the sun
عَجِبتُ لِرَحلٍ مِن عَدِيِّ مُشَمَّسٍ
وَفيand on أَيِّwhich يَومٍday لَمdid not تَشَمَّسbe exposed to the sun رِحالُهاher saddles
وَفي أَيِّ يَومٍ لَم تَشَمَّس رِحالُها
I marveled at a saddle of ʿAdi left in the sun;
yet on what day were her saddles not left in the sun?
وَفيمَand in what عَدِيٌّʿAdi عِندَbeside تَيمٍTaym مِنَof العُلىlofty rank
وَفيمَ عَدِيٌّ عِندَ تَيمٍ مِنَ العُلى
وَأَيّامِناand our battle-days اللاتيwhich يُعَدُّare reckoned فَعالُهاtheir exploits
وَأَيّامِنا اللاتي يُعَدُّ فَعالُها
What share has ʿAdi beside Taym in lofty rank,
and in our battle-days, whose exploits are reckoned?
مَدَدتَyou stretched out بِكَفٍّwith a palm مِنfrom عَدِيٍّʿAdi قَصيرَةٍshort
مَدَدتَ بِكَفٍّ مِن عَدِيٍّ قَصيرَةٍ
لِتُدرِكَto reach مِنof زَيدٍZayd يَداًa hand لاnot تَنالُهاyou attain it
لِتُدرِكَ مِن زَيدٍ يَداً لا تَنالُها
You reached out with a short hand from ʿAdi,
to reach a hand of Zayd's beyond your grasp.
وَصِيَّةَcounsel عَمّيmy uncle's بِاِبنِconcerning a son of خِلٍّa close friend فَلاso do not تَرُمseek
وَصِيَّةَ عَمّي بِاِبنِ خِلٍّ فَلا تَرُم
مَساعِيَexploits قَومٍa people لَيسَis not مِنكَfrom you سِجالُهاtheir contests
مَساعِيَ قَومٍ لَيسَ مِنكَ سِجالُها
My uncle's counsel concerning a close friend's son: do not seek
the exploits of a people whose contests are beyond you.
يُماشيwalks beside عَدِيّاًʿAdi لُؤمُهاher baseness ماnot تُجِنُّهُshe conceals it
يُماشي عَدِيّاً لُؤمُها ما تُجِنُّهُ
مِنَfrom الناسِpeople ماas long as ماشَتwalks beside عَدِيّاًʿAdi ظِلالُهاher shadows
مِنَ الناسِ ما ماشَت عَدِيّاً ظِلالُها
Her baseness walks beside ʿAdi; she does not hide it
from people, so long as her shadows walk beside ʿAdi.
فَقُلso tell لِعَدِيٍّto ʿAdi تَستَعِنlet her seek help بِنِسائِهاfrom her women
فَقُل لِعَدِيٍّ تَستَعِن بِنِسائِها
عَلِيَّagainst me فَقَدfor indeed أَعياhave failed عَدِيّاًʿAdi رِجالُهاher men
عَلِيَّ فَقَد أَعيا عَدِيّاً رِجالُها
So tell ʿAdi to seek her women's help
against me, for her men have failed ʿAdi.
أَذاO Dhu الرُمَal-Rumma قَدindeed قَلَّدتَyou have collared قَومَكَyour people رُمَّةًa worn-out rope
أَذا الرُمَ قَد قَلَّدتَ قَومَكَ رُمَّةً
بَطِيّاًslow بِأَيديin the hands of المُطلِقينَthose who unbind اِنحِلالُهاits loosening
بَطِيّاً بِأَيدي المُطلِقينَ اِنحِلالُها
O Dhu al-Rumma, you have hung a worn-out rope about your people's necks,
slow to come undone in the hands of those who unbind.
تَرىyou see اللُؤمَbaseness ماas long as عاشَتlives عَدِيٌّʿAdi مُخَلَّداًmade immortal
تَرى اللُؤمَ ما عاشَت عَدِيٌّ مُخَلَّداً
سَرابيلُهاher tunics مِنهُof it وَمِنهُand of it نِعالُهاher sandals
سَرابيلُها مِنهُ وَمِنهُ نِعالُها
You will see baseness immortal so long as ʿAdi lives:
her tunics are made of it, and of it are her sandals.
Translation model: Sol 6.1