1. سَقَ دِمنَتَينِ لَم نَجِد لَهُما أَهلا

    بِحَقلٍ لَكُم يا عِزَّ قَد رابَني حَقلا

    May two abandoned campsites, where we found no inhabitants, be watered,

    at Ḥaql, yours, O ʿIzz—Ḥaql has troubled me.

  2. نُقاتِلُ أَقواماً فَنَسبي نِساءَهُم

    وَلَم يَرَ ذو عِزٍّ لِنِسوَتِنا حِجلا

    We fight peoples and take their women captive,

    yet no man of might has seen an anklet on our women.

  3. نَقودُ وَنَأبى أَن نُقادَ وَلا نَرى

    لِقَومٍ عَلَينا في مَكارِمِهِم فَضلا

    We lead and refuse to be led, and we see

    no people surpassing us in their noble deeds.

  4. وَإِنّا بِطاءُ المَشيِ عِند نِسائِنا

    كَما قَيَّدتَ بِالصَيفِ نَجدِيَّةٌ بُزلا

    We are indeed slow of gait beside our women,

    like full-grown camels hobbled in summer by a woman of Najd.

  5. نَظَلُّ غَيارى عِندَ كُلِّ سَتيرَةٍ

    نُقَلِّبُ جيداً واضِحاً وَشَوىً عَبلا

    We remain jealous beside every secluded woman,

    turning a fair neck and stout limbs.

  6. أَلا أَبلِغا عَنّي يَزيدَ بنَ عامِرِ

    بِأَنّا أُناسٌ لا نُضيعُ لنا ذَحلا

    Now, you two, tell Yazīd son of ʿĀmir on my behalf

    that we are a people who never neglect a blood-debt owed us.

  7. وَإِنّا لَنُعطي المالَ دونَ دِمائِنا

    وَنَأبى فَما نُستامُ دونَ دَمٍ عَقلا

    And we indeed give wealth to safeguard our blood,

    and we refuse—no blood-money is offered us in place of blood.