1. Umm 'Amr despaired of her neighbor
One morning when they spurned me as an intruder

2. So you should despair of your friend and then despair
At dawn on the day of departure and return

3. They cry out to me, while 'Amr and his band
Are like hunting hounds unleashed from their chains

4. They lead their steeds at first light, fully armed,
While others race their horses beneath the forest's canopy

5. Among us is a band who are no protectors
Nor will they join us when we ride away

6. And among us another band who are defenders
They seethed like the boiling contents of cooking pots

7. And among us yet another swift-riding troop
Whose galloping the wind made seem like grazing mountain goats