1. Entertain me and my companion,
And serve us the choicest wine.

2. For in us is a lute that plays
A joyful tune for our youth.

3. They revel in bliss and pour
Throughout the ages, fragrant musk.

4. Their only care is to adorn themselves
With fine robes and Persian locks.

5. Coral beads were strung with pearls
And graced their necks beautifully.

6. And a knight who wields his sword
When swords refuse to comply.

7. We only rejoice in Nejd,
For it has a valiant Khazrajite,

8. Who averts harm and darkness,
So turn away from him, O protector!

9. Inform Al-Harith ibn Zalim Ar-Ru’di
And the fulfiller of vows, Ali,

10. That you only kill the sleeping,
Not the alert with ample weapons.

11. My complaint is like embers
And I have readied a sharpened sword.

12. If you descend on the land, you will forget
Killing as the postponer postpones.