لا تُعوِجا عَلى رُسومِ دِيارٍ

دارِساتٍ بِذي النَقا أَو بُغَيدا

Do not lean towards the dwellings

Do not turn aside for the traces of dwellings,

Of Darisat or Dhi Naqah or Bugaidah

Effaced at Dhu al-Naqa or Bughayda,

قَد غَنينا بِهِنَّ عَصراً طَويلاً

وَأَصَبنا بِهِنَّ مَلهىً وَصَيدا

We have chanted of them for a long time

For we dwelled within them a long age of time,

And gained from them diversion and game

And found therein both amusement and game.

يا اِبنَةَ القَومِ لا تُراعي بِرَيبٍ

وَاِسلَمي رَخصَةَ الأَنامِلِ رَودا

O daughter of the tribe, do not be suspicious

O daughter of the tribe, be not startled by doubt,

And resign to the free-moving sand grouse

And live safe, soft-fingered, in delicate ease.

لا تَخافي عَلَيَّ صَرفَ اللَيالي

إِنَّ بَيني وَبَينَهُنَّ عُبَيدا

Do not worry for me the passing of nights

Do not fear for my sake the changes of nights,

Between them and me are distances

For indeed, between me and them stands ‘Ubayd,

إِنَّ بَيني وَبَينَهُنَّ أَبا عَم

روٍ كَفاني عِزّاً وَكَهفاً وَطَودا

Between them and me is a proud father

And indeed, between me and them is Abu ‘Amr,

Who sufficed me with honor, refuge, and protection

Who sufficed me as glory, as refuge and peak.