أَباO father of جُعادَJuʿād الْيَوْمَtoday أَفْناكَhas worn you away الْكِبَرْold age
أَبا جُعادَ الْيَوْمَ أَفْناكَ الْكِبَرْ
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O Abu Juʿād, today old age has worn you away.
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وَالدَّهْرُand time فَيْناتٌsuccessive periods فَحَرٌّthen heat وَخَصَرْand cold
وَالدَّهْرُ فَيْناتٌ فَحَرٌّ وَخَصَرْ
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And time has its turns—now heat, now cold.
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أَيَّامَin the days إِذْwhen تَجْبِيwould gather لَكَfor you السَّمْنَthe clarified butter مُضَرْMudar
أَيَّامَ إِذْ تَجْبِي لَكَ السَّمْنَ مُضَرْ
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In the days when Mudar gathered clarified butter for you,
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فِيamong قَيْسِQays عَيْلانَʿAylān وَأَحْياءٍand clans أُخَرْother
فِي قَيْسِ عَيْلانَ وَأَحْياءٍ أُخَرْ
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Among Qays ʿAylān and other clans.
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Translation model: Sol 6.1