أَخي وَاللَهِ خَيرٌ مِن أَخيكُم

إِذا ما لَم يَجِد بَطَلُ مُقاما

My brother, by Allah, is better than your brother

When a hero cannot find a place to stay

أَخي وَاللَهِ خَيرٌ مِن أَخيكُم

إِذا ما لَم يَجِد راعٍ مَساما

My brother, by Allah, is better than your brother

When a shepherd cannot find a pasture

أَخي وَاللَهِ خَيرٌ مِن أَخيكُم

إِذا الخَفراتِ أَبدَينَ الخِداما

My brother, by Allah, is better than your brother

When the guards show their servants

قَتَلتُ بِهِ أَخاكَ وَخَيرَ سَعدٍ

فَإِن حَرباً حُذيفَ وَإِن سَلاما

I killed your brother and the best of Saad

So if it is war, Hudhaifa, and if it is peace

تَرُدُّ الحَربَ ثعلَبَةُ بنُ سَعدٍ

بِحَمدِ اللَهِ يَرعونَ البِهاما

Tha'labah ibn Saad turns back the war

By the grace of Allah, they pasture the camels

وتغني مُرّةَ الأثرين عنا

عروجُ الشاءِ تتركُه قياما

And Murrah's singing spared us

The grazing sheep leave it standing

وَكَيفَ تَقولُ صَبرُ بَني حَجانٍ

إِذا غَرِضوا وَلَم يَجِدوا مُقاما

And how can you say the patience of Banu Hajan

When they were aggrieved and found no place to stay

وَلَولا آلُ مرة قَد رَأَيتُم

نَواصِيَهُنَّ يَنضونَ القَتاما

And were it not for the family of Murrah, you would have seen

Their temples braiding their hair