وَلَولا جَنانُ اللَيلِ أَدرَكَ رَكضُنا

وَلَولا جَنانُ اللَيلِ أَدرَكَ رَكضُنا

بِذي الرَمثِ وَالأَرطى عَياضُ بنُ ناشِبِ

بِذي الرَمثِ وَالأَرطى عَياضُ بنُ ناشِبِ

And but for the cover of night, our gallop would have been overtaken

And if not for the gardens of the night, our galloping

at the place of ramth and arta shrubs by ʿIyāḍ ibn Nāshib.

Would have reached Thi Al-Ramth and Al-Arta, the meadows of Iyad ibn Nashib

قَتَلنا بِعَبدِ اللَهِ خَير لِداتِهِ

قَتَلنا بِعَبدِ اللَهِ خَير لِداتِهِ

ذُؤاب بنِ أَسماءبنِ بَدرٍ بنِ قارِبِ

ذُؤاب بنِ أَسماءبنِ بَدرٍ بنِ قارِبِ

We killed, in requital for ʿAbd Allāh, the best of his peers:

We killed, in Abdallah, the best for his people

Dhuʾāb ibn Asmāʾ ibn Badr ibn Qārib.

Dhu'aib ibn Asma ibn Badr ibn Qarib