لعمري لئن ركبُ الجُنَيد تحملوا

لعمري لئن ركبُ الجُنَيد تحملوا

إلى الشأم من مرّ وراحت ركائبه

إلى الشأم من مرّ وراحت ركائبه

By my life, if al-Junayd’s riders have set out

By my life! If the cavalry of Junayd rode off

for Syria from Marr, and his riding camels have departed,

To Syria from Merr, though their steeds sped,

لقد غادر الركب الشامون خلفهم

لقد غادر الركب الشامون خلفهم

فتىً غطفانيا يُعلل جانبُه

فتىً غطفانيا يُعلل جانبُه

the Syria-bound riders have indeed left behind them

The caravan left behind in Syria

a youth of Ghatafan, whose side is tended;

A Ghassanid youth nursing his side,

فتى كان يسرى للعدو كأنما

فتى كان يسرى للعدو كأنما

سروب القطا في كل يوم كتائبه

سروب القطا في كل يوم كتائبه

a youth who would march by night against the enemy, as though

A youth who would attack the foe as though

his battalions each day were flocks of sandgrouse.

The waving branches of Qatta sway daily,

وكان كأن البدر تحت لوائه

وكان كأن البدر تحت لوائه

اذا راح في جيش وراحت عصائبه

اذا راح في جيش وراحت عصائبه

And it was as though the full moon were beneath his banner

And who was like the full moon beneath his banner

whenever he went forth amid an army and his war bands went forth.

When he marched with an army and standards fluttered.