لَولا أَن تَقولُ بَني عَدِيٍّ

لَولا أَن تَقولُ بَني عَدِيٍّ

أَلَيسَت أُمُّ حَنظَلَةَ النَوارا

أَلَيسَت أُمُّ حَنظَلَةَ النَوارا

Were it not that the sons of ʿAdī would say,

Were it not for Bani 'Adiyy saying:

“Is not Ḥanẓala’s mother al-Nawār?”

Is not the mother of Hanthalah shining?

إِذاً لَأَتى بَني مِلكانَ قَولٌ

إِذاً لَأَتى بَني مِلكانَ قَولٌ

إِذا ما قيلَ أَنجَدَ ثُمَّ غارا

إِذا ما قيلَ أَنجَدَ ثُمَّ غارا

then a saying would surely have reached the sons of Milkān,

Then the speech of Bani Mulikan would come

which, once uttered, would go up to Najd and then down to Ghawr.

When it is said he helped then attacked