لَمَّاwhen سَألتُI asked الناسَthe people أَينَwhere المكرَمهgenerosity
لَمَّا سَألتُ الناسَ أَينَ المكرَمه
والعِزُّand honor والجُرثُومَةُand the ancestral stock المقَدَّمَهforemost
والعِزُّ والجُرثُومَةُ المقَدَّمَه
When I asked the people, “Where is generosity,
When I asked the people where is the honored one
and honor, and the foremost ancestral stock,
And the glory and primacy
وأَينand where فَارُوقُdiscerner الاُمُورof matters المُحكَمَهfirmly established
وأَين فَارُوقُ الاُمُور المُحكَمَه
تَتَابَعَfollowed one another النَّاسُthe people عَلَىon ابنِson of شُبرُمَهShubruma
تَتَابَعَ النَّاسُ عَلَى ابنِ شُبرُمَه
and where is the discerner of firmly established matters?”
And where is the judge of important matters
One after another, the people agreed on Ibn Shubruma.
People followed the son of Shubrumah