سَتُرحَلُwill be borne بِالمَطِيِّon riding camels قَصائِديmy poems
سَتُرحَلُ بِالمَطِيِّ قَصائِدي
حَتّىuntil تَحُلَّthey alight عَلىupon بَنيthe sons of وَرقاءِWarqaʾ
حَتّى تَحُلَّ عَلى بَني وَرقاءِ
My poems will be borne on riding camels,
until they alight among the sons of Warqaʾ:
مِدَحاًpraises لَهُمfor them يَتَوارَثونَthey inherit from one another ثَنائَهاtheir praise
مِدَحاً لَهُم يَتَوارَثونَ ثَنائَها
رَهنٌa pledge لِآخِرِهِمfor the last of them بِطولِwith length of بَقاءِendurance
رَهنٌ لِآخِرِهِم بِطولِ بَقاءِ
praises for them, whose acclaim they inherit,
pledged to their last descendants, long enduring.
حُلَماءُforbearing فيin الناديthe assembly إِذاwhen ماemphatic particle جِئتَهُمyou come to them
حُلَماءُ في النادي إِذا ما جِئتَهُم
جُهَلاءُfierce يَومَon a day of عَجاجَةٍswirling dust وَلِقاءِand combat
جُهَلاءُ يَومَ عَجاجَةٍ وَلِقاءِ
Forbearing in the assembly whenever you come to them,
fierce on a day of swirling dust and combat.
مَنwhoever سالَمواthey made peace with نالَgained الكَرامَةَhonor كُلَّهاall of it
مَن سالَموا نالَ الكَرامَةَ كُلَّها
أَوor حارَبواthey fought أَلوىperished مَعَwith العَشّاءِnightfall
أَو حارَبوا أَلوى مَعَ العَشّاءِ
Those they made peace with gained honor in full;
or those they fought perished at nightfall.