وَحَيُّand the clan of زُبَيدٍZubayd يَومَon the day of حابِسَHabis قُتِّلواwere slaughtered
وَحَيُّ زُبَيدٍ يَومَ حابِسَ قُتِّلوا
وَيَومَand on the day of بَنيthe sons of سَعدٍSa'd شَفَيتُI quenched غَليليmy burning thirst
وَيَومَ بَني سَعدٍ شَفَيتُ غَليلي
And Zubayd's clan were slaughtered on the day of Habis.
And on the day of Banu Sa'd, I quenched my burning thirst.
وَخَثعَمَand Khath'am أَروَيتُI slaked القَناthe spears مِنwith دَمائِهاtheir blood
وَخَثعَمَ أَروَيتُ القَنا مِن دَمائِها
بِشَفّانَat Shaffan حَتّىuntil سالَit flowed كُلَّevery مَسيلِwatercourse
بِشَفّانَ حَتّى سالَ كُلَّ مَسيلِ
And Khath'am—I slaked the spears with their blood,
At Shaffan, until it flowed down every watercourse.
وَحَيُّand the clan of تَميمٍTamim إِذwhen لَقيناwe met وَسَعدُهاand its Sa'd
وَحَيُّ تَميمٍ إِذ لَقينا وَسَعدُها
بِرَملِat the sands of جُرادٍJurad أُهلِكواwere destroyed بِذُحولِin vengeance for blood debts
بِرَملِ جُرادٍ أُهلِكوا بِذُحولِ
And Tamim's clan and its Sa'd, when we met them,
At the sands of Jurad, were destroyed in vengeance for blood debts.