1. How excellent is the tribe of Kulayb
When they light fires on high ground!

2. How excellent is the tribe of Kulayb
When motives mingle with motives!

3. Have you not seen that the neighbor of the tribe of Zuheir,
With short supply, is no match for them?

4. And the neighbor is not a neighbor of the tribe of Kulayb,
With no refuge or support.

5. They made things for their neighbor while the hands
Of the patch-clothed are not like the hands of makers,

6. And their neighbor's secrets are sacred to them
While their neighbor eats the choicest portions openly.

7. And when war comes upon them,
On the shoulders of a lofty she-camel,

8. By your life! The fleas of the tribe of Ri'ah,
When fleas are picked off, are no match for them!