1. لا شَيءَ يَبقى غَيرُ وَجهِ مَليكِنا

    وَلَستُ أَرى شَيئاً عَلى الدَهرِ خالِدا

    Nothing endures but the face of our King,

    and I see nothing everlasting through time.

  2. أَلا إِنَّ يَومَ اِبنِ الشَريدِ وَرَهطِهِ

    أَبادَ جِفاناً وَالقُدورَ الرَواكِدا

    Indeed, the day of Ibn al-Sharid and his clan

    laid waste the great serving bowls and the firmly standing cauldrons.

  3. هُمُ يَملَأونَ لِليَتيمِ إِناءَهُ

    وَهُم يُنجِزونَ لِلخَليلِ المُواعِدا

    They fill the orphan's bowl,

    and they fulfill their promises to a friend.

  4. أَلا أَبلِغا عَنّي سُلَيماً وَعامِراً

    وَمَن كانَ مِن عُليا هَوازِنَ شاهِدا

    Take heed! You two, tell Sulaym and Amir on my behalf,

    and whoever of upper Hawazin is present,

  5. بِأَنَّ بَني ذُبيانَ قَد أَرصَدوا لَكُم

    إِذا ما تَلاقَيتُم بِأَن لا تَعاوُدا

    that the sons of Dhubyan have made ready for you,

    so that, when you meet, there shall be no second encounter.

  6. فَلا يَقرَبَنَّ الأَرضَ إِلّا مُسارِقٌ

    يَخافُ خَميساً مَطلَعَ الشَمسِ حارِدا

    So let none approach the land except one who steals in,

    fearing a wrathful army at sunrise,

  7. عَلى كُلِّ جَرداءِ النُسالَةِ ضامِرٍ

    بِآخِرِ لَيلٍ ما ضُفِزنَ الحَدائِدا

    mounted on every lean, sleek-coated steed,

    at some night's end, their mouths crammed with iron bits.

  8. فَقَد زاحَ عَنّا اللَومُ إِذ تَرَكوا لَنا

    أَروماً فَآراماً فَماءً بِوارِدا

    For blame has fallen away from us, since they left us

    Arum, then Aram, then water at Warid.

  9. وَنَحنُ قَتَلنا هاشِماً وَاِبنَ أُختِهِ

    وَلا صُلحَ حَتّى نَستَقيدَ الخَرائِدا

    And we killed Hashim and his sister's son,

    and no peace until we take the secluded maidens captive in requital.

  10. فَقَد جَرَتِ العاداتُ أَنّا لَدى الوَغى

    سَنَظفَرُ وَالإِنسانُ يَبغي الفَوائِدا

    For long custom has held that we, amid battle,

    shall triumph; and humankind seeks gain.