أسيرُI journey الىto بنيthe sons of بدرٍBadr بأمرٍwith a proposal
أسيرُ الى بني بدرٍ بأمرٍ
همthey فيهin it عليناconcerning us بالخيارِfree to choose
هم فيه علينا بالخيارِ
I journey to Banu Badr with a proposal;
in it, the choice concerning us is theirs.
فإنso if قبلواthey accept الجوارَneighborly protection فخيرthen the finest of قومٍpeople
فإن قبلوا الجوارَ فخير قومٍ
وإنand if كرهواthey dislike الجوارَneighborly protection فغيرُthen no عارِdisgrace
وإن كرهوا الجوارَ فغيرُ عارِ
If they accept us as neighbors, what fine people!
And if they dislike that bond, there is no disgrace.
أتيناwe would go to الحارثَal-Harith الخيرthe Good بنson of كعبٍKaʿb
أتينا الحارثَ الخير بن كعبٍ
بنجرانٍin Najran وأيُّand what a لجاًrefuge بجارِfor a neighbor
بنجرانٍ وأيُّ لجاً بجارِ
We would go to al-Harith the Good, son of Kaʿb,
in Najran—what a refuge for a neighbor!
فجاورناso we would dwell as neighbors الذينthose who اذاwhenever أتاهمhe comes to them
فجاورنا الذين اذا أتاهم
غريبٌa stranger حلhe settles فيin سعةِthe spaciousness of القرارِthe dwelling
غريبٌ حل في سعةِ القرارِ
and dwell among those with whom, on arrival,
a stranger settles in a spacious haven.
فيأمُنso he is safe فيهمamong them ويكونand he is منهمin relation to them
فيأمُن فيهم ويكون منهم
بمنزلةِin the position of الشعارthe inner garment منin relation to الدثارthe outer cloak
بمنزلةِ الشعار من الدثار
So he is safe among them, and is to them
as the inner garment is to the outer cloak.
وانand if نفردwe are left alone بحربin war against بنيthe sons of ابيناour father
وان نفرد بحرب بني ابينا
بلاwithout جارa protector فانthen indeed اللهGod جاريmy protector
بلا جار فان الله جاري
And if we are left alone in war against our father's sons,
without a protector, then surely God is my protector.