أَجَندَلُ لَولا خِلَّتانِ أَناخَتا

أَجَندَلُ لَولا خِلَّتانِ أَناخَتا

إِلَيكَ لَقَد لامَتكَ أُمُّكَ جَندَلُ

إِلَيكَ لَقَد لامَتكَ أُمُّكَ جَندَلُ

O Jandal, were it not for two bonds of friendship that have settled

Jandal, if not for two encampments that settled

with you, your mother would surely have reproached you, Jandal.

Near you, your mother would have blamed you, O Jandal

حَمامَةُ قَلبٍ لا يُقيمُكَ عَقلُهُ

حَمامَةُ قَلبٍ لا يُقيمُكَ عَقلُهُ

وَإِنَّ نُمَيراً وُدُّها لا يُبَدَّلُ

وَإِنَّ نُمَيراً وُدُّها لا يُبَدَّلُ

The core of a heart whose reason cannot set you straight,

A dove with a heart not guided by reason

and indeed, love for Numayr remains unchanged.

Her love for Numair will never change

وَلَولا نُمَيرٌ إِنَّني لا أَسُبُّها

وَلَولا نُمَيرٌ إِنَّني لا أَسُبُّها

وَوُدُّ نُمَيرٍ إِن مَشَت لا يُحَوَّلُ

وَوُدُّ نُمَيرٍ إِن مَشَت لا يُحَوَّلُ

And were it not for Numayr—indeed, I do not revile her—

If it weren't for Numair, I would not praise her

and love for Numayr, unchanged if she goes forth,

And Numair's love for her, if she walks, will not waver

لَكَلَّفتُكَ الشَأوَ الَّذي لَستَ نايِلاً

لَكَلَّفتُكَ الشَأوَ الَّذي لَستَ نايِلاً

وَحَتّى تَرى أَنَّ الذَنوبَينِ أَثقَلُ

وَحَتّى تَرى أَنَّ الذَنوبَينِ أَثقَلُ

I would have set you a goal you cannot attain,

I would have burdened you with an endeavor you cannot attain

and until you see the heavier of the two buckets—

So you may see that the two sins are most heavy

أَخِندِفُ أَم قَيسٌ إِذا ما اِلتَقى بِهِم

أَخِندِفُ أَم قَيسٌ إِذا ما اِلتَقى بِهِم

إِلى مَوقِفِ الهَديِ المَطِيُّ المُنَعَّلُ

إِلى مَوقِفِ الهَديِ المَطِيُّ المُنَعَّلُ

Khindif or Qays—when there gather with them

Is it Khindif or Qais, when they meet them

at the station of sacrificial offerings, the sandal-garlanded riding camels.

To the station of the trained camel, saddled and shod?