إِذا لاقَيتَ جَمعَ بَني أَبانٍ

فَإِنّي لائِمٌ لِلجَعدِ لاحي

When you meet the tribe of Bani Aban

I blame the curly-haired one, not the smooth-skinned beauty

كَأَنَّ مُؤَشَّرَ العَضُدَينِ حَجلاً

هَدوجاً بَينَ أَقلَبَةٍ مِلاحِ

As if the pointer of his two arms is a young mountain goat

Wandering between sand dunes in the wilderness

تَضَمَّنَ نِعمَتي فَغَدا عَلَيها

بُكوراً أَو تَعَجَّلَ في الرَواحِ

He enjoyed my gifts then at daybreak

Hastened away without any farewell

أَلَم تَعلَم لَحاكَ اللَهُ أَنّي

أَجَمُّ إِذا لَقيتُ ذَوي الرِماحِ

Don't you know, may God disfigure your face

I am very generous when I meet the spearmen

كَسَوتُ الجَعدَ جَعدَ بَني أَبانٍ

سِلاحِيَ بَعدَ عُريٍ وَاِفتِضاحِ

I clothed the curly-haired one, the curly-haired one of Bani Aban

My weapons after being stripped naked and utterly disgraced