هَدِيُّكُمُ خَيرٌ أَباً مِن أَبيكُمُ

هَدِيُّكُمُ خَيرٌ أَباً مِن أَبيكُمُ

أَعَفُّ وَأَوفى بِالجِوارِ وَأَحمَدُ

أَعَفُّ وَأَوفى بِالجِوارِ وَأَحمَدُ

Your captive has a better father than yours,

Your guide is better than my father

More chaste, more faithful in protecting neighbors, and more praiseworthy;

More gracious and faithful to the neighbor and most praised

وَأَطعَنُ في الهَيجا إِذا الخَيلُ صَدَّها

وَأَطعَنُ في الهَيجا إِذا الخَيلُ صَدَّها

غَداةَ الصَباحِ السَمهَرِيُّ المُقَصَّدُ

غَداةَ الصَباحِ السَمهَرِيُّ المُقَصَّدُ

And more skillful with the lance in battle, when the horses are checked

And I plunge into battle when the horses are charging

At daybreak by the splintered, stiff-shafted spear.

In the morning of youth, the sought after destination

فَهَلّا وَفي الغَوغاءِ عَمروُ بنُ جابِرٍ

فَهَلّا وَفي الغَوغاءِ عَمروُ بنُ جابِرٍ

بِذِمَّتِهِ وَاِبنُ اللَقيطَةِ عِصيَدُ

بِذِمَّتِهِ وَاِبنُ اللَقيطَةِ عِصيَدُ

Then why did ʿAmr ibn Jābir, amid the tumult, not

So why not in the melee is Amr bin Jabir

Keep his pledge—and ʿIṣyad, son of the foundling woman?

By his protection and Ibn al-Laqeetah, a young warrior

سَيَأتيكُمُ عَنّي وَإِن كُنتُ نائِياً

سَيَأتيكُمُ عَنّي وَإِن كُنتُ نائِياً

دُخانُ العَلَندي دونَ بَيتِيَ مِذوَدُ

دُخانُ العَلَندي دونَ بَيتِيَ مِذوَدُ

There will come to you from me, though I am far away,

Will come to you from me even if I am distant

The smoke of ʿalandā-wood—a defense before my house:

The smoke of my fire before my house still smolders

قَصائِدُ مِن قيلِ اِمرِئٍ يَحتَذيكُمُ

قَصائِدُ مِن قيلِ اِمرِئٍ يَحتَذيكُمُ

بَني العُشَراءِ فَاِرتَدوا وَتَقَلَّدوا

بَني العُشَراءِ فَاِرتَدوا وَتَقَلَّدوا

Poems uttered by a man who wears you as sandals,

Poems before a man who adorns you

Sons of the pregnant she-camel: wear them as cloaks and hang them round your necks.

O Bani Ashra, so turn back and take arms