يا ثُعَلاً وأينَ مِنِّي بنو ثُعَلْ

يا ثُعَلاً وأينَ مِنِّي بنو ثُعَلْ

ألا حَبَّذَا قومٌ يَحُلُّونَ بالجَبَلْ

ألا حَبَّذَا قومٌ يَحُلُّونَ بالجَبَلْ

O Thuʿal! How far from me are the sons of Thuʿal!

O Tha'labah, where are the clans of Tha'lab now?

Ah, how fine are the people who dwell on the mountain!

Would that a people might settle in the mountains!

نَزَلْتُ على عَمْرِو بنِ دَرْمَاءَ بُلْطَةً

نَزَلْتُ على عَمْرِو بنِ دَرْمَاءَ بُلْطَةً

فيا كَرْمَ ما جَارٍ ويا حُسْنَ ما فَعَلْ

فيا كَرْمَ ما جَارٍ ويا حُسْنَ ما فَعَلْ

I stayed with ʿAmr son of Darmāʾ at Bulṭah.

I came down upon 'Amr ibn Darma' in Bulṭah

So, what a generous host, and how fine his deeds!

So excellent his generosity, so fair his deeds!

تَظَلُّ لَبَونِي بينَ جَوٍّ وَمِسْطَحٍ

تَظَلُّ لَبَونِي بينَ جَوٍّ وَمِسْطَحٍ

تُرَاعِي الفِراخَ الدَّارِجَاتِ مِن الحَجَلْ

تُرَاعِي الفِراخَ الدَّارِجَاتِ مِن الحَجَلْ

My milk-giving she-camel spends the day between Jaww and Misṭaḥ,

My camels wander between the sands and stony ground

watching the partridge chicks walking about.

Grazing the young, bleating ones among the scrub.

وما زَالَ عنها مَعْشَرٌ بِقِسِيِّهِمْ

وما زَالَ عنها مَعْشَرٌ بِقِسِيِّهِمْ

يَذُودُونَهَا حتى أَقُولَ لهمْ بَجَلْ

يَذُودُونَهَا حتى أَقُولَ لهمْ بَجَلْ

And a band of men with their bows never leaves her side,

And still a group in their determination

driving the birds away until I tell them, 'Enough!'

Defend them until I say to them, “Enough!”

فَأَبْلِغْ مَعَدًّا والعِبَادَ وَطَيِّئًا

فَأَبْلِغْ مَعَدًّا والعِبَادَ وَطَيِّئًا

وَكِنْدَةَ أَنِّي شَاكِرٌ لِبَنِي ثُعَلْ

وَكِنْدَةَ أَنِّي شَاكِرٌ لِبَنِي ثُعَلْ

So tell Maʿadd, the ʿIbād, and Ṭayyiʾ,

Convey then to Ma'add, and to 'Ibad, and Tayyi'

and Kindah that I am grateful to the sons of Thuʿal.

My thanks to the clan of Tha'lab for all their help!