لعمرك ما ليثٌ وإن كنت منهم

لعمرك ما ليثٌ وإن كنت منهم

بتاركة ليث خلافي وعصياني

بتاركة ليث خلافي وعصياني

By your life, Layth—though I am one of them—

By your life, though you are one of them, you are no lion

Layth will not cease opposing and disobeying me.

My leaving the lions is contrary to them and rebellious

وَهُم أسلَمُوني يومَ ذي الرّمث والغضا

وَهُم أسلَمُوني يومَ ذي الرّمث والغضا

وهم تركوني بين هَرشَى وَوَدَّان

وهم تركوني بين هَرشَى وَوَدَّان

And they gave me up on the day at Dhu al-Ramth wa-l-Ghada—the place of ramth shrubs and ghada trees—

And they surrendered me on the day of Dhi al-Rumath and al-Ghada

And they left me between Harsha and Waddan.

And they left me between Harsha and Waddan

وهم أخرجوا من كل بيتين سَيِّداً

وهم أخرجوا من كل بيتين سَيِّداً

كما كَثُرَت سادَاتُها قبل عَدوان

كما كَثُرَت سادَاتُها قبل عَدوان

And they brought forth a chief from every two households,

And they brought out a master from every two houses

Just as ‘Adwan’s chiefs had grown numerous before.

As their masters multiplied before 'Adwan