أَغشاكُمcovered you عَمروʿAmr عُيوباًdisgraces كَثيرَةًmany
أَغشاكُم عَمرو عُيوباً كَثيرَةً
وَمِنand from دونِthis side of عَمروʿAmr ماءُwater دِجلَةَthe Tigris دائِمُenduring
وَمِن دونِ عَمرو ماءُ دِجلَةَ دائِمُ
ʿAmr has covered you with many disgraces.
Amro concealed in you many faults
And between you and ʿAmr lie the Tigris’s enduring waters.
Yet without Amro flows Tigris evermore
إِذاif أَخفَروكُمthey broke faith with you مَرَّةًonce كانَwas ذاthat كمُaddressed to you (plural)
إِذا أَخفَروكُم مَرَّةً كانَ ذا كمُ
جِياداًfine steeds عَلىupon فُرسانِهِنَّtheir riders العَمائِمُthe turbans
جِياداً عَلى فُرسانِهِنَّ العَمائِمُ
If they once broke faith with you, that would be
If once they shame you, lo, it is but all
fine steeds, with turbans upon their riders.
As steeds run riderless, the turbans o'er