أَتَحْسَبُ أولاَدُ اللّقِيطَةِ أنَّنَا

أَتَحْسَبُ أولاَدُ اللّقِيطَةِ أنَّنَا

على الخَيْلِ لَسْنَا مثلَهُمْ في الفوارِسِ

على الخَيْلِ لَسْنَا مثلَهُمْ في الفوارِسِ

Do the foundling woman's sons think that we

Do the sons of Al-Liqita think we are not like them in horsemanship?

on horseback are not their equals among horsemen?

That we are people who do not see killing as glory,

وَأَنَّا أناسٌ لا نَرَى القَتْلَ سُبّةً

وَأَنَّا أناسٌ لا نَرَى القَتْلَ سُبّةً

ولا نَنْثَني عندَ الرّمَاحِ المدَاعسِ

ولا نَنْثَني عندَ الرّمَاحِ المدَاعسِ

And we are men who see no shame in being slain,

Nor do we retreat when faced with spears in battle?

nor turn back before piercing spears.

That we give food to guests from spherical bowls,

وأَنَّا لَنُقْري الضّيفَ مِنْ قَمعِ الذُّرا

وأَنَّا لَنُقْري الضّيفَ مِنْ قَمعِ الذُّرا

وَنَضْرِبُ رأْسَ الأبلَخِ المُتَشَاوسِ

وَنَضْرِبُ رأْسَ الأبلَخِ المُتَشَاوسِ

And we surely feast the guest on the tops of camel humps,

And strike the necks of fleet-footed camels?

and strike the head of the arrogant, scowling man.

We return the conceited teachers when they transgress

نَرُدُّ كُمَاةَ المُعْلَمينَ إذا انتَخوا

نَرُدُّ كُمَاةَ المُعْلَمينَ إذا انتَخوا

بِضَرْبٍ يُسَلّي نخوةَ المُتَقَاعِسِ

بِضَرْبٍ يُسَلّي نخوةَ المُتَقَاعِسِ

We drive back the champions bearing battle-marks when they boast,

With blows that humiliate the lazy ones' arrogance.

with blows that dispel the laggard's pride,

With every protector of truth, glorious and brave,

بِكُلِّ فَتىً حَامِي الحقيقةِ مَاجِدٍ

بِكُلِّ فَتىً حَامِي الحقيقةِ مَاجِدٍ

كَرِيمٍ كسرْحَانِ الغَضَاةِ مُخالسِ

كَرِيمٍ كسرْحَانِ الغَضَاةِ مُخالسِ

with every noble youth who defends what must be defended,

Noble, like the reddish coats of young camels.

generous, like a wolf of the ghada tree, striking by stealth.

They defend their people and tribes

يَذُودُونَ عَنْ أحْسَابِهِمْ وَتِلاَدِهِمْ

يَذُودُونَ عَنْ أحْسَابِهِمْ وَتِلاَدِهِمْ

ببيضٍ تَقُدُّ الهَامَ تحتَ القوانِسِ

ببيضٍ تَقُدُّ الهَامَ تحتَ القوانِسِ

They defend their ancestral honor and inherited wealth

With white swords that lead death under the banners.

with gleaming swords that cleave heads beneath helmets.

So ask the sons of Badr when you meet them,

فَسَائِلْ بَني بَدْرٍ إذا ما لَقِيتَهُمْ

فَسَائِلْ بَني بَدْرٍ إذا ما لَقِيتَهُمْ

بِمَا فَعَلَ الإخْوانُ يَوْمَ التّمارسِ

بِمَا فَعَلَ الإخْوانُ يَوْمَ التّمارسِ

So ask the sons of Badr whenever you meet them,

What the brothers did on the day of battle.

about what the brothers did on the day of combat.

When you go out, conceal who you met,

إذا مَا خَرَجْتُمْ فاكتُمُوا مَنْ لَقِتُمُ

إذا مَا خَرَجْتُمْ فاكتُمُوا مَنْ لَقِتُمُ

ولا تكتُمُوا أخبارَكُمْ ي المَجَالِسِ

ولا تكتُمُوا أخبارَكُمْ ي المَجَالِسِ

When you depart, conceal whom you met,

But do not conceal your news in gatherings.

and do not conceal your news in the gatherings.

And say we missed the claws of Khader’s tents,

وقولوا زَلَلْنَا عَنْ مَخَالِبِ خَادِرٍ

وقولوا زَلَلْنَا عَنْ مَخَالِبِ خَادِرٍ

بِهِ وَحَرٌ في الصّدْرِ مَا لَمْ يمارسِ

بِهِ وَحَرٌ في الصّدْرِ مَا لَمْ يمارسِ

And say: 'We slipped free of the claws of a lion in its lair,

By it is shameful, when one does not fight.

with rancor in its breast so long as it is not engaged in combat.'