رَعَيتُ حِمى المَلكِ المُتَّقى

رَعَيتُ حِمى المَلكِ المُتَّقى

فَرُمتُ بِذَلِكَ أَمراً كَبيرا

فَرُمتُ بِذَلِكَ أَمراً كَبيرا

I grazed in the protected pasture of the feared king.

I grazed the king's inviolable preserve

By doing so, I sought something momentous.

And risked thereby a matter fraught with danger

فَأَسمَنَ مِنّا الفَتى مُهرَهُ

فَأَسمَنَ مِنّا الفَتى مُهرَهُ

وَأَبطَنَ ذو المالِ مِنّا البَعيرا

وَأَبطَنَ ذو المالِ مِنّا البَعيرا

So the young man among us fattened his colt.

So the boy grew fat from that which was our due

And the wealthy man among us filled the camel's belly.

And the rich filled his camel's belly fuller

فَوَجَّهَ في طَلَبي حِميَراً

فَوَجَّهَ في طَلَبي حِميَراً

فَوَلَّوا غَداةَ التَقَينا الظُهورا

فَوَلَّوا غَداةَ التَقَينا الظُهورا

So he dispatched Himyar in pursuit of me.

Then he sent men to hunt me down

Then, on the morning we met, they turned their backs.

But they all turned and fled when our steeds met