أحسنُ من ركضٍ إلى مارقٍ

أحسنُ من ركضٍ إلى مارقٍ

يُقتل فيها المرءُ أو يُجرح

يُقتل فيها المرءُ أو يُجرح

Better than charging at a renegade,

Better than racing to a battle

Better than charging at a renegade,

where a man is killed or wounded,

Where a man is killed or wounded

Where a man is slain or maimed by the blade,

ركوبُ ظبيٍ من بني هاشمٍ

ركوبُ ظبيٍ من بني هاشمٍ

للعينِ في وجنتهِ مطرَحُ

للعينِ في وجنتهِ مطرَحُ

is mounting a gazelle of Banu Hashim,

Is riding a young camel from Bani Hashim

Is mounting a gazelle of Hashim's line,

upon whose cheek the eye has a place to rest.

With eyelashes resting on its cheek

On whose cheek the wandering eye is stayed.