أَلا يالَزَيدِ اللاتِ ما بالُ رايَةٍ

أَلا يالَزَيدِ اللاتِ ما بالُ رايَةٍ

رَفَعتُم عَصاها بَعدَما أَدبَرَ الأَمرُ

رَفَعتُم عَصاها بَعدَما أَدبَرَ الأَمرُ

Ah, O people of Zayd al-Lāt, what is this banner

O Zaid, by God! Why raise a banner, after the affair is lost,

Whose pole you raised after matters had turned for the worse,

To defend barefoot women, whose anklets and dress hems are torn,

لَتَحموا نِساءً بادِياً ثَلَباتُها

لَتَحموا نِساءً بادِياً ثَلَباتُها

قِصاراً هَواديها وَأَوساطُها عُجرُ

قِصاراً هَواديها وَأَوساطُها عُجرُ

To protect women whose faults are plainly visible,

Whose legs can be seen, as their robes are short?

Their necks short and their middles bulging?