أَتَشتُمُdo you revile أَقواماًpeoples أَجارواgave refuge to نِساءَكُمyour women
أَتَشتُمُ أَقواماً أَجاروا نِساءَكُم
وَأَنتَand you ابنَson of يَربوعٍYarbūʿ عَلىunder الضَيمِoppression وارِكُcrouching
وَأَنتَ ابنَ يَربوعٍ عَلى الضَيمِ وارِكُ
Do you revile people who gave your women refuge,
You insult a people who protected your women,
while you, son of Yarbūʿ, crouch under oppression?
While you are the son of Yarbou', blamed for tyranny.
أَجَرناwe sheltered ابنَthe son of يَربوعٍYarbūʿ مِنَfrom الضَيمِoppression بَعدَماafter
أَجَرنا ابنَ يَربوعٍ مِنَ الضَيمِ بَعدَما
سقتكمmade you drink بِكأسِfrom the cup of الذُلِhumiliation وَالضَيمِand oppression مالِكُMālik
سقتكم بِكأسِ الذُلِ وَالضَيمِ مالِكُ
We sheltered the son of Yarbūʿ from oppression after
We protected the son of Yarbou' from tyranny, after
Mālik made you drink from the cup of humiliation and oppression,
You made them drink a cup of humiliation and tyranny.
غَداةَon the morning when أَرادَتwanted مالِكٌMālik أَنthat نُحِلَّكُمwe consign you
غَداةَ أَرادَت مالِكٌ أَن نُحِلَّكُم
عَلىto الخَسفِabasement ماas long as هَبَّblew الرياحُthe winds السَواهِكُscouring
عَلى الخَسفِ ما هَبَّ الرياحُ السَواهِكُ
on the morning Mālik wanted us to consign you
The next morning, Malik wanted to make you
to abasement as long as the scouring winds blow.
Collapse into the abyss, but the gusting winds saved you.
فَعُذتُمso you sought refuge بِأَحواءِin the encampments of الرِبابِal-Ribāb وَأَنتُمُand you
فَعُذتُم بِأَحواءِ الرِبابِ وَأَنتُمُ
كَفَقعِlike truffles of التَناهيfloodwater hollows اِستَدرَجتُهُdrew it along السَنابِكُhooves
كَفَقعِ التَناهي اِستَدرَجتُهُ السَنابِكُ
So you sought refuge in al-Ribāb's encampments, and you were
So you sought refuge among the tents, while you
like truffles in floodwater hollows swept along by hooves.
Were like prey lured in by traps.
وَبِالعَرضِand at al-ʿArḍ إِذwhen جاءَتcame جُموعٌhosts تَجَمَّعَتgathered
وَبِالعَرضِ إِذ جاءَت جُموعٌ تَجَمَّعَت
بِسَجحَةat Sajḥah قادَتهاled them الظُنونُfancies الهَوالِكُruinous
بِسَجحَة قادَتها الظُنونُ الهَوالِكُ
And at al-ʿArḍ, when hosts came, having gathered
When crowds gathered in Sajjah, led
at Sajḥah, led by ruinous fancies,
By delusions that lead to ruin.
تَرَكناهُمُwe left them صَرعىslain كأنas though ظُهورَهُمtheir backs
تَرَكناهُمُ صَرعى كأن ظُهورَهُم
عَلَيهاupon them مِنَfrom الطَعنِspear-thrusts العَبيطِfresh and bloody الدَرانِكُshaggy rugs
عَلَيها مِنَ الطَعنِ العَبيطِ الدَرانِكُ
we left them slain, as though their backs
We left them slain, their backs
were draped in shaggy rugs of fresh, bloody spear-wounds.
Stabbed by fierce, relentless spears.
فَذُدناso we repelled وَأَرهبناand we terrified أَخاكُمyour brother فَأَصبَحَتso there came to be
فَذُدنا وَأَرهبنا أَخاكُم فَأَصبَحَت
لَكُمfor you مِنهُمfrom them أَيدٍhands وَأَيدٍand hands شَوابِكُinterlocked
لَكُم مِنهُم أَيدٍ وَأَيدٍ شَوابِكُ
So we drove them back and frightened your brother; thus there were
We defended and terrified your brother, so their
hands from them for you, and hands interlocked.
Arms and hands became spoils for you.
كَماjust as قَدalready نَباrecoiled عَنaway from مالِكٍMālik جُلُّmost of جَمعِكُمyour host
كَما قَد نَبا عَن مالِكٍ جُلُّ جَمعِكُم
بِسَهلِon the plain of الحِمىal-Ḥimā وَالهضبِand the plateau طَعنٌspear-thrusts مُدارِكُclosely successive
بِسَهلِ الحِمى وَالهضبِ طَعنٌ مُدارِكُ
Just as most of your host recoiled from Mālik,
As was foretold about Malik by all your gathering
on al-Ḥimā's plain and the plateau, under successive spear-thrusts.
In Sahl al-Hima, a deadly stabbing attack.
فَكَيفَso how يَسُبُّreviles التيمَTaym مِنone whom قَدalready أَجارَهُsheltered him
فَكَيفَ يَسُبُّ التيمَ مِن قَد أَجارَهُ
فَوارِسُhorsemen of تَيمٍTaym والرِماحُand the spears الشَوابِكُinterlocking
فَوارِسُ تَيمٍ والرِماحُ الشَوابِكُ
How, then, can one revile Taym when he was sheltered by
So how can Taim insult those who protected him?
Taym's horsemen and interlocking spears?
The horsemen of Taim and their piercing spears.
يُصَدِّقُconfirms دَفعَdefense التيمTaym عَنكُمon your behalf إِذاwhen اِنتَمواthey claimed kinship
يُصَدِّقُ دَفعَ التيم عَنكُم إِذا اِنتَموا
إِلىwith المَجدِglory غاراتُraids of الكُلابِal-Kulāb المَسايكُrelentless (sense uncertain)
إِلى المَجدِ غاراتُ الكُلابِ المَسايكُ
Taym's defense of you is confirmed, when they claim kinship
They know Taim defended you when you
with glory, by the relentless raids of al-Kulāb.
Joined the glory, despite the biting hounds.
نَمتنىَraised me شُمُّhigh-nosed nobles لِلذُؤابَةِto the crest وَالذُرىand the heights
نَمتنىَ شُمُّ لِلذُؤابَةِ وَالذُرى
وَليand mine are مِنwithin تَميمٍTamīm رَأسُهاits head وَالحَوارِكُand the withers
وَلي مِن تَميمٍ رَأسُها وَالحَوارِكُ
High-nosed nobles raised me to the crest and the heights,
I wish to smell Dhu'aba and Dhurra,
and mine, within Tamīm, are its head and withers.
For I have the best of Taim, their leader.
هُناكَthere ابنُthe son of تَيمٍTaym واسِطُcentrally placed الأَصلِlineage فيهُمُamong them
هُناكَ ابنُ تَيمٍ واسِطُ الأَصلِ فيهُمُ
وَأَنتَand you ابنَson of يَربوعٍYarbūʿ بَديلٌa substitute مُتارِكُstanding apart
وَأَنتَ ابنَ يَربوعٍ بَديلٌ مُتارِكُ
There, the son of Taym is central among them in lineage,
There is the son of Taim, their prime origin,
and you, son of Yarbūʿ, are a substitute who stands apart.
While you are the son of Yarbou', who abandons.
وَيَومَand on the day of إِرابَIrāb السَهلِthe lowland يَومَthe day اِستَبتكُمُtook you captive
وَيَومَ إِرابَ السَهلِ يَومَ اِستَبتكُمُ
عَلاكُمoverwhelmed you بَنيsons of اليَربوعِYarbūʿ وَردٌan oncoming host مَواشِكُswift-moving
عَلاكُم بَني اليَربوعِ وَردٌ مَواشِكُ
And on the day of lowland Irāb, the day you were taken captive,
On the day of Irab in the valley, when you were
a swift oncoming host overwhelmed you, sons of Yarbūʿ.
Defeated, the Yarbou' were pushed back.
بَنوthe sons of تَغلِبَTaghlib الغَلباءِthe mighty راحَتwent off عَشيَّةًone evening
بَنو تَغلِبَ الغَلباءِ راحَت عَشيَّةً
بِنسوَتكمwith your women لَمdid not تَحمِهنَprotect them النيازِكُjavelins
بِنسوَتكم لَم تَحمِهنَ النيازِكُ
The sons of mighty Taghlib went off one evening
The victorious Taghlib went one evening
with your women; the javelins did not protect them.
With your women, whom no veils protected.
وَمِنand because of هَرَميٍّHaramī قَدalready تَغَشَّتhas shrouded خَزايَةًshame
وَمِن هَرَميٍّ قَد تَغَشَّت خَزايَةً
وُجوهُكُمyour faces ماas long as دامَthere remains لِلشِّعرِfor poetry حايكُa weaver
وُجوهُكُم ما دامَ لِلشِّعرِ حايكُ
And because of Haramī, shame has shrouded
The Harimiyyun wore your faces as masks
your faces, for as long as poetry has a weaver.
As long as poetry had a weaver.
وَأَسَلمتُمُand you surrendered سُفيانَSufyān لِلقَومِto the enemy عَنوَةًforcibly
وَأَسَلمتُمُ سُفيانَ لِلقَومِ عَنوَةً
وَلَوand even if لَحِقَcaught up المُستَصرَخاتُmares summoned for aid اللَوائِكُbit-champing
وَلَو لَحِقَ المُستَصرَخاتُ اللَوائِكُ
And you surrendered Sufyān to the enemy by force,
You surrendered Sufyan by force to the people,
even had the bit-champing mares summoned for aid caught up.
Despite the cries for help from the suffering women.
وَبالعَكِنand at al-ʿAkin الكَلبيthe Kalbite أَخزىdisgraced نِساءَكُمyour women
وَبالعَكِن الكَلبي أَخزى نِساءَكُم
غَداةَon the morning when تُناديcall out to البيضَthe fair women مِنهاamong them الفَوارِكُthose who loathe their husbands
غَداةَ تُنادي البيضَ مِنها الفَوارِكُ
And at al-ʿAkin, the Kalbite disgraced your women,
In Al-'Akk, the Kalbi humiliated your women
when the fair women among them, loathing their husbands, called
The next day, as the abandoned ones cried for help.
سَليطاًSalīṭ بِأَنasking that تَستَنزلوهُنَّyou bring them down بَعدَماafter
سَليطاً بِأَن تَستَنزلوهُنَّ بَعدَما
جَرىflowed وَلهاًin anguish مِنهاfrom them الدُموعُtears السَوافِكُstreaming
جَرى وَلهاً مِنها الدُموعُ السَوافِكُ
to Salīṭ, asking you to bring them down, after
Unrestrained, so that after their tears flowed
the streaming tears had flowed from them in anguish.
They brought them down from their litters.
وَعَمروand ʿAmr بنُson of عَمرٍوʿAmr قادَكُمled you فاِشكُرواso give thanks لَهُto him
وَعَمرو بنُ عَمرٍو قادَكُم فاِشكُروا لَهُ
بِذيat Dhū نَجَبٍNajab وَالقَومُand the host كابٍstumbling وَبارِكُand kneeling
بِذي نَجَبٍ وَالقَومُ كابٍ وَبارِكُ
And ʿAmr son of ʿAmr led you—so thank him—
And 'Amr bin 'Amr led you, so thank him
at Dhū Najab, while the host stumbled and knelt.
In Dhi Najb, while the people plot and scheme.
بِذيat Dhū نَجَبٍNajab لَوif لَمnot تَذُدrepelled مِنfrom وَرائِكُمbehind you
بِذي نَجَبٍ لَو لَم تَذُد مِن وَرائِكُم
بَنوthe sons of مالِكٍMālik غالتكَwould have destroyed you ثَمَّthere العَوائِكُentangling perils
بَنو مالِكٍ غالتكَ ثَمَّ العَوائِكُ
At Dhū Najab, had you not been defended from behind
In Dhi Najb, if the Malik clan had not pushed
by the sons of Mālik, the entangling perils there would have destroyed you.
From behind you, your condition would be ruin.
فَأَسلَمتُمُso you abandoned فُرسانَthe horsemen of سَعدٍSaʿd وَقَدwhile already تُرىcould be seen
فَأَسلَمتُمُ فُرسانَ سَعدٍ وَقَد تُرى
بِدارِكُمin your homeland المُستَردَفاتُwomen carried off as pillion riders الهَوالِكُthe doomed
بِدارِكُم المُستَردَفاتُ الهَوالِكُ
So you abandoned Saʿd's horsemen, though one could already see
You surrendered the horsemen of Sa'd, and you can see
in your homeland the doomed women carried off behind riders.
In your homes the miserable, suffering women.
وَيَومَand on the day عَلَتascended لِلحَوفزانِof al-Ḥawfazān كَتيبَةٌa battalion
وَيَومَ عَلَت لِلحَوفزانِ كَتيبَةٌ
جَدودَJadūd لَكُمtoward you مِنfrom نَحوِthe direction of حَجرٍḤajr مَسالِكُpaths
جَدودَ لَكُم مِن نَحوِ حَجرٍ مَسالِكُ
And on the day al-Ḥawfazān's battalion ascended
On the day a battalion ascended for Haufazan,
Jadūd, with paths toward you from the direction of Ḥajr.
Ancestors of yours from near Hajar set out.
وَيَومَand on the day of بَحيرٍBaḥīr أَنتُمُyou شَرُthe worst عُصبَةٍband
وَيَومَ بَحيرٍ أَنتُمُ شَرُ عُصبَةٍ
عَضاريطُlackeys لَولاbut for المازِنيُّal-Māzinī المعارِكُthe fighter
عَضاريطُ لَولا المازِنيُّ المعارِكُ
And on the day of Baḥīr, you were the worst band,
You were the worst of tribes on the day of Buhayr,
mere lackeys, but for al-Māzinī, the fighter.
Rabble, if not for the Muzayni, skilled in battle.
وَيومَand on the day of بَنيthe sons of عَبسٍʿAbs بِشَرجٍat Sharj تَشاهَدَتbore joint witness
وَيومَ بَني عَبسٍ بِشَرجٍ تَشاهَدَت
عَلىto قَتلِهِhis killing أَعلامُكُمyour peaks وَالدَكادِكُand the low hillocks
عَلى قَتلِهِ أَعلامُكُم وَالدَكادِكُ
And on the day of the sons of ʿAbs at Sharj, joint witness was borne
On the day of Banu 'Abs in Sharj, your banners
to his killing by your peaks and the low hillocks.
Were united to kill him, and the spears.
وَعَبقَرُand ʿAbqar إِذwhen تَدعوكُمُshe calls you جَلَّلَتكُمُshe clothed you
وَعَبقَرُ إِذ تَدعوكُمُ جَلَّلَتكُمُ
مِنَin الخِزيshame ثَوبَthe garment of الحائِضاتِmenstruating women العَوارِكِhaving their courses
مِنَ الخِزي ثَوبَ الحائِضاتِ العَوارِكِ
And ʿAbqar, when she called you, clothed you
'Abqar, when she summoned you, disgraced
in shame, in the robe of women in their menstrual courses.
Your dignity with the clothes of menstruating women.
سَتَمسَحُwill wipe يَربوعٌYarbūʿ سِبالاًmoustaches لَئيمَةًbase
سَتَمسَحُ يَربوعٌ سِبالاً لَئيمَةً
بِهاon them مِنfrom مَنيِّthe semen of العَبدِthe slave أَسوَدُblack حالِكُpitch-dark
بِها مِن مَنيِّ العَبدِ أَسوَدُ حالِكُ
Yarbūʿ will wipe its base moustaches;
Yarbou' will wipe his vile loins
on them lies a pitch-black stain from the slave's semen.
Blackened by the semen of slaves.
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.