أَفاريقُseparate bands أَوزاعٌscattered وَعَمٌّand a throng أُشابَةٌmotley
أَفاريقُ أَوزاعٌ وَعَمٌّ أُشابَةٌ
وَبَكرٌand Bakr عَلَيهِupon him آلَةُthe gear الضَأنِof sheep أَدبَرُsaddle-sore
وَبَكرٌ عَلَيهِ آلَةُ الضَأنِ أَدبَرُ
Scattered bands and a motley throng,
And Bakr, bearing sheep’s gear, is saddle-sore.
لَهُمthey have سَيِّدٌa chief لَمdid not يَرفَعِraise اللَهُGod ذِكرَهُhis renown
لَهُم سَيِّدٌ لَم يَرفَعِ اللَهُ ذِكرَهُ
أَزَبُّshaggy غُضونُthe folds الساعِدَينِof both forearms غَضَنفَرُa lion
أَزَبُّ غُضونُ الساعِدَينِ غَضَنفَرُ
They have a chief whose renown God has not exalted—
Shaggy in the folds of his forearms, a lion.