جَزَى اللُه سَعْداً بِالأَبَارِقِ نِعْمَةً

وحَيّاً بِهَبُّودٍ جَزَى اللهُ أَسْعَدَا

May Allah reward Sa'd with Abariq a blessing,

And Habbud alive with the most fortunate.

وَحَيّاً عَلَى تِبْرَاكَ لَمْ أَرع مِثْلَهُمْ

أَخاً قطِعَتْ مِنْهُ الحَبَائِلُ مُفْرَدَا

And alive upon Tibrak, I have not seen the likes of them,

A brother whose ropes have been severed, singled out.

بَكَيْتُ بِخُصْمَي شَنَّةٍ يَوْمَ فَارَقُوا

عَلَى ظَهْرِ عَجْعَاجِ العَشِيَّاتِ أَجْرَدَا

I cried over the loss of companions on the day they left

On the back of a bare mountain road.

أَخَبَّا وقَدْ كَانَ المَزَادُ سِوَاهُمَا

عَلَى شُعَبٍ مِنْ صَادِرٍ قَدْ تَبَدَّدَا

They went away while the only choice was them

On the paths of a mountain range that scattered.