أَجَندَلُ لَولا خِلَّتانِ أَناخَتا

إِلَيكَ لَقَد لامَتكَ أُمُّكَ جَندَلُ

Jandal, if not for two encampments that settled

Near you, your mother would have blamed you, O Jandal

حَمامَةُ قَلبٍ لا يُقيمُكَ عَقلُهُ

وَإِنَّ نُمَيراً وُدُّها لا يُبَدَّلُ

A dove with a heart not guided by reason

Her love for Numair will never change

وَلَولا نُمَيرٌ إِنَّني لا أَسُبُّها

وَوُدُّ نُمَيرٍ إِن مَشَت لا يُحَوَّلُ

If it weren't for Numair, I would not praise her

And Numair's love for her, if she walks, will not waver

لَكَلَّفتُكَ الشَأوَ الَّذي لَستَ نايِلاً

وَحَتّى تَرى أَنَّ الذَنوبَينِ أَثقَلُ

I would have burdened you with an endeavor you cannot attain

So you may see that the two sins are most heavy

أَخِندِفُ أَم قَيسٌ إِذا ما اِلتَقى بِهِم

إِلى مَوقِفِ الهَديِ المَطِيُّ المُنَعَّلُ

Is it Khindif or Qais, when they meet them

To the station of the trained camel, saddled and shod?