1. O Banu Nahshal, may Allah not make peace between you,
And increase the distance between me and you.
١. بَني نَهشَلٍ لا أَصلَحَ اللَهُ بَينَكُم
وَزادَ الَّذي بَيني وَبَينَكُمُ بُعدا
2. Is it from the evil of a living man whose poem
Will be sung by caravans ascending to Najd?
٢. أَمِن شَرِّ حَيٍّ لا تَزالُ قَصيدَةٌ
تُغَنّي بِها الرُكبانُ طالِعَةً نِجدا
3. You were angry with us because pasturing camels came upon you,
And the one who protected your sheep was a slave.
٣. غَضِبتُم عَلَينا أَن عَلَتكُم مُجاشِعٌ
وَكانَ الَّذي يَحمي ذِمارُكُمُ عَبدا