اربِع عَلَينا قَليلاً أَيُّها الحادي

قَلَّ الثَواءُ إِذا نَزَّعتُ أَوتادي

Rest a little while, O guide,

The tent-pegs slip when I pull them up.

إِنّي اذا الجارُ لَم تُحفَظ مَحارُمُهُ

وَلَم يُقَل دونَه هَيدٍ وَلا هادِ

If a neighbor does not guard his honor,

he is not worth a tent-peg or a guide-rope,

لا أَخذُلُ الجارَ بَل أَحمي مَباءَتَهُ

وَلَيسَ جاري كَعُشٍّ بَينَ أَعوادِ

I do not fail my neighbor but protect his honor,

My neighbor is not like a tent between tent-pegs.

ثُمَّ اِستَقامَت لَهُ الأَعناقُ طائِعَةً

فَما يُقالُ لَهُ هَيدِ وَلا هادِ

Then the necks bowed to him willingly,

So nothing need be said to guide or warn him.