1. O my friends, go for a ride on my she-camel,
For the gazelles have robbed me in Dhi Al-Arak.
١. يا صاحِبَيَّ تَرَوَّحا بِمَطِيَّتي
إِنَّ الظِباءَ بِذي الأَراكِ سَلَبنَني
2. Travel on, for the one who did not stab stopped his slander,
Having surrendered, and the one who was not stabbed survived.
٢. سيرا فَقَد وَقَفَ الطَعينُ لِما بِهِ
مُستَسلِماً وَنَجا الَّذي لَم يُطعَنِ
3. It did not please me to drink from the spring of life,
That I am a slain one, though not before their eyes.
٣. ما سَرَّني وَقَنا اللِحاظِ تَنوشُني
أَنّي هُناكَ قَتيلُ غَيرِ الأَعيُنِ