يا حارِ لا تَجهَل عَلى أَشياخِنا

يا حارِ لا تَجهَل عَلى أَشياخِنا

إِنّا ذَوو السوراتِ وَالأَحلامِ

إِنّا ذَوو السوراتِ وَالأَحلامِ

O Harith, do not behave insolently toward our chiefs.

O Harith, do not be insolent toward our elders.

For we are men of fierce onslaughts and sound judgment.

We are men of fierce might and sound judgment.

مِنّا إِذا بَلَغَ الصَبِيُّ فِطامَهُ

مِنّا إِذا بَلَغَ الصَبِيُّ فِطامَهُ

سائِسُ الأُمورِ وَحارِبُ الأَقوامِ

سائِسُ الأُمورِ وَحارِبُ الأَقوامِ

Among us, as soon as a boy reaches weaning age,

Among us, when a boy reaches his weaning,

he is a master of affairs, a warrior against nations.

He is a master of affairs and a plunderer of tribes.

قَتَلوا كُلَيباً ثُمَّ قالوا أَربِعوا

قَتَلوا كُلَيباً ثُمَّ قالوا أَربِعوا

كَذَبوا وَرَبِّ الحَلِّ وَالإِحرامِ

كَذَبوا وَرَبِّ الحَلِّ وَالإِحرامِ

They killed Kulayb, then said, “Hold back!”

They killed Kulayb, then said, "Hold back!"

They lied—by the Lord of the profane and the sacred.

They lied, by the Lord of the profane and the sacred!

حَتّى نَبيدَ قَبيلَةً وَقَبيلَةً

حَتّى نَبيدَ قَبيلَةً وَقَبيلَةً

قَهراً وَنَفلِقَ بِالسُيوفِ الهامِ

قَهراً وَنَفلِقَ بِالسُيوفِ الهامِ

until we annihilate tribe after tribe,

Until we annihilate tribe after tribe,

by force, and cleave heads with swords,

By force, and cleave skulls with swords,

وَيَقُمنَ رَبّاتُ الخُدورِ حَواسِراً

وَيَقُمنَ رَبّاتُ الخُدورِ حَواسِراً

يَمسَحنَ عَرضَ ذَوائِبِ الأَيتامِ

يَمسَحنَ عَرضَ ذَوائِبِ الأَيتامِ

and the ladies of curtained chambers rise bareheaded,

And the ladies of secluded chambers rise bareheaded,

running their hands across the orphans’ locks.

Stroking across the orphans' tresses.