لَعَمرُكَ إِنّني وَأَبا رِياحٍ

عَلى طولِ التَهاجُرِ مُنذُ حينِ

For your life! Abū Ḥiyāḍ and I

Have hated each other for ages.

لَيُبغِضُني وَأُبغِضُهُ وَأَيضاً

يَراني دونَهُ وَأَراهُ دوني

He hates me, I hate him too

He sees himself above me, I see him below me

فَلَو أَنّا عَلى حَجَرٍ ذُبِحنا

جَرى الدَمَيانِ بِالخَبَرِ اليَقينِ

If we were slaughtered on one stone

Our blood would surely mingle