رأيتكمI saw you منin relation to مالكMālik وادعائهand claiming descent from him
رأيتكم من مالك وادعائه
كرالمةlike a mothering she-camel (probable reading; text unclear) الأوتادthe tent pegs منbecause of عدمlack of النسلِoffspring
كرالمة الأوتاد من عدم النسلِ
I saw you, in relation to Mālik and your claim of descent from him,
I saw you all from Malik and his pretense
Like [a she-camel mothering] tent pegs for want of offspring.
Like the humming of strings from lack of progeny
وحظكand your share منin قحطانQaḥṭān إنif كنتyou are منهمof them
وحظك من قحطان إن كنت منهم
ومنand in مالكMālik حظshare البغيthe prostitute منin الحملِpregnancy
ومن مالك حظ البغي من الحملِ
And your share in Qaḥṭān, if you are of them,
And your fortune from Qahtan, if you are of them
And in Mālik, is a prostitute’s share in pregnancy.
And from Malik the share of the seeker from the flock