عَوَّدتُ قَومي إِذا ما الضَيفُ نَبَّهَني

عَوَّدتُ قَومي إِذا ما الضَيفُ نَبَّهَني

عَقرَ العِشارِ عَلى عُسري وإِيساري

عَقرَ العِشارِ عَلى عُسري وإِيساري

I have accustomed my people, whenever a guest rouses me,

I have taught my people, whenever a guest alerts me,

to my slaughtering heavily pregnant she-camels, in my poverty and my prosperity.

To slaughter the fattest sheep, in hardship or ease.

إِنّي إِذا خَفِيَت نارٌ لِمُرمِلَةٍ

إِنّي إِذا خَفِيَت نارٌ لِمُرمِلَةٍ

أُلفَى بِأَرفَعِ تَلٍّ رافِعاً نارِي

أُلفَى بِأَرفَعِ تَلٍّ رافِعاً نارِي

Indeed, when a destitute woman's fire fades from sight,

For when a fire is hidden for a late night visitor,

I am found on the highest hill, raising my fire.

I kindle the highest hill, raising my fire.

ذاكَ وَإِنّي عَلى جاري لَذو حَدَبٍ

ذاكَ وَإِنّي عَلى جاري لَذو حَدَبٍ

أَحنو عَلَيهِ بِما يُحنى عَلى الجارِ

أَحنو عَلَيهِ بِما يُحنى عَلى الجارِ

Such is my way; and I am indeed solicitous toward my neighbor,

That is me, and I bend down to a ringlet-haired neighbor,

showing him the tenderness shown to a neighbor.

As one bends down with kindness upon a neighbor.