1. أَلا مَن مُبلِغٌ عَمرَو بن لأيٍ

    بِأَنَّ بَيانَ غِلمَتِهِم لَدَينا

    Ah, who will tell ʿAmr son of Laʾy

    that we have news of their young men?

  2. فَلَم نَقتُلهُمُ بِدَمٍ وَلَكن

    لِلؤمِهمُ وَهَونِهمُ عَلَينا

    For we did not kill them to avenge blood, but

    for their baseness and their worthlessness in our eyes.

  3. فَإِنّي لَن يُفارِقَني نُبالٌ

    يَرى التَعداءَ وَالتَقريبَ دينا

    For Nubāl will not leave me;

    he regards galloping and cantering as his creed.

  4. جَلَبنا الخَيلَ مِن حَلفاء قرنٍ

    وَنوردها لِظاهِرَة ٍ حَنينا

    We brought the horses from the esparto grass of Qarn,

    and bring them to Ḥanīn for a midday watering.

  5. فَلمّا أَن أَتينا عَلى تُمَيلٍ

    تَأَزَّرنَ المجاسِدَ وَاِرتَدينا

    Then, when we came upon Tumayl,

    they wrapped crimson garments about their waists, and we wore them as cloaks.