سَلوا عَنّا جُهَينَةَ كَيفَ باتَت

سَلوا عَنّا جُهَينَةَ كَيفَ باتَت

تَهيمُ مِنَ المَخافَةِ في رُباها

تَهيمُ مِنَ المَخافَةِ في رُباها

Ask Juhaynah about us—how she spent the night,

Ask Juheinah how she spent the night

Wandering in fear among her hills.

Restless with fear in her shelter

رَأَت طَعني فَوَلَّت وَاِستَقَلَّت

رَأَت طَعني فَوَلَّت وَاِستَقَلَّت

وَسُمرُ الخَطِّ تَعمَلُ في قَفاها

وَسُمرُ الخَطِّ تَعمَلُ في قَفاها

She saw my spear-thrusts, then turned and fled,

She saw me stabbed and fled in haste

While the brown spears of al-Khatt struck at her rear.

While fate works on the back of her head

وَما أَبقَيتُ فيها بَعدَ بِشرٍ

وَما أَبقَيتُ فيها بَعدَ بِشرٍ

سِوى الغِربانِ تَحجُلُ في فَلاها

سِوى الغِربانِ تَحجُلُ في فَلاها

And after Bishr, I left nothing in her lands

And I left no one alive in her midst

But ravens hopping through her wastes.

Except the ravens pecking her wasteland