1. Do not repay Abu Ubaydah good
For our long stop at Qinnasrin.

2. Repay us, though desire was no motive for us -
We grew weary from riding to an unfamiliar place.

3. Our mounts grew tired from the long journey
And we had our fill of the pain of separation.

4. Your dogs barked as though
Seeking vengeance that had preceded us.

5. Yelping after us
Until we shed our supplies and were content.

6. We spent a wretched night in Bashir
When our mounts suffered hardship and so did we.

7. You fed us bitter herbs when we refused
To stay in its lodging and gave us salty water to drink.

8. Were it not for you, our route would have been
Through Kufeer or Yathrib or through Tarheen.

9. I do not know if you will seek the protection
Of a band from Syria or Jazireen after us.

10. You used to long that we visit you for a period
As a burden to us, but when we came, you went away.

11. Were it not for my share in your brotherhood that
Clung to me in the morning, I would have left in sorrow.

12. Estrangement between us and you would have taken hold
So we raise your sons with its riches and our sons.