أَواقِدُO Waqid لَمdid not أَغرُركَI deceive you فيin أَمرِthe matter of واقِدٍWaqid
أَواقِدُ لَم أَغرُركَ في أَمرِ واقِدٍ
فَهَلso, will...? تَنتَهيyou desist عَنّيfrom me وَلَستَand you are not بِجاهِلِat all ignorant
فَهَل تَنتَهي عَنّي وَلَستَ بِجاهِلِ
O Waqid, I did not deceive you in the matter of Waqid.
Will you then leave me be, for you are no fool?
أَواقِدُO Waqid لاnot آلوكَI stint you إِلّاexcept مُهَنَّداًan Indian-forged sword
أَواقِدُ لا آلوكَ إِلّا مُهَنَّداً
وَجِلدَand the hide of أَبيthe father of عِجلٍa calf وَثيقِfirmly knit القَبائِلِthe skull plates
وَجِلدَ أَبي عِجلٍ وَثيقِ القَبائِلِ
O Waqid, I shall offer you nothing but an Indian-forged sword
and the hide of a calf’s sire, with firmly knit skull plates.
غَذاهُnourished him مِنَfrom السِرَّينِal-Sirrayn أَوor بَطنِthe valley floor of حَليَةٍHalyah
غَذاهُ مِنَ السِرَّينِ أَو بَطنِ حَليَةٍ
فُروعُshoots of الأَباءِthe reeds فيamid عَميمِan abundance of السَوائِلِwatercourses
فُروعُ الأَباءِ في عَميمِ السَوائِلِ
He was nourished, from al-Sirrayn or Halyah’s valley floor,
by reed shoots amid abundant watercourses.
مِشَبُّa full-grown bull إِذاwhen الثيرانُthe bulls صَدَّتblocked طَريقَهُhis path
مِشَبُّ إِذا الثيرانُ صَدَّت طَريقَهُ
تَصَدَّعنَthey scattered apart عَنهُaway from him دامِياتِbleeding الشَواكِلِthe flanks
تَصَدَّعنَ عَنهُ دامِياتِ الشَواكِلِ
A full-grown bull: when the bulls block his path,
they scatter away from him, their flanks bleeding.
يَظَلُّhe spends the day عَلىon البَرزِthe open ground اليَفاعِthe high ground كَأَنَّهُas though he were
يَظَلُّ عَلى البَرزِ اليَفاعِ كَأَنَّهُ
طِرافٌa leather tent رَسَتwere firmly planted أَوتادُهُits stakes عِندَbeside نازِلِa camper
طِرافٌ رَسَت أَوتادُهُ عِندَ نازِلِ
He spends the day on the open high ground, as though he were
a leather tent, its stakes firmly planted beside a camper.