لَعَمرُكَ لولا أجَدعُ الخير فاعلمي

لَعَمرُكَ لولا أجَدعُ الخير فاعلمي

لَقُدتُ إِلى هَمدانَ جيشاً عَرمرَما

لَقُدتُ إِلى هَمدانَ جيشاً عَرمرَما

By your life, were it not for Ajdaʿ the Good—know this—

By your life, if I were not the doer of good, know that

I would surely have led a vast army to Hamdan.

I would have led a mighty, clamorous army against Hamdan

لَقُدتُ إِلى هَمدانَ أَلفَ طِمِرَّةٍ

لَقُدتُ إِلى هَمدانَ أَلفَ طِمِرَّةٍ

وأَلفَ طِمِرٍّ من كُمَيتٍ وأَدهَما

وأَلفَ طِمِرٍّ من كُمَيتٍ وأَدهَما

I would surely have led a thousand swift mares to Hamdan,

I would have led against Hamdan a thousand spears

And a thousand swift stallions, bay and black.

And a thousand spearmen of Kumayt and Adham