1. By your life! My camels never spoke ill of Labun
Nor abandoned its dwellings since they departed.

2. They deemed lawful whatever of Labun's abodes they inhabited
And grazed freely in their meadows wherever they settled.

3. Noble horsemen prevented them from being herded together
When the rest of the tribe was scattered and displaced.

4. Young, restless stallions whose zeal never wanes
If the winding paths were arduous when evening descended.

5. Had an upland tribe reached the summit of Simak
Nahshal would still rise above them exalted.