إِن تَمنَعَ التَمرَ مِن رازانَ مائِرَنا

فَلَستَ مانِعَ جُلَّ الحَيِّ مَن هَجَرا

If you deny the dates of Rāzān from our camels passing by,

You are not denying most of the living tribe that migrated.

قَد كُنتُ أَنذَرتُكُم حَربي إِذا اِستَعَرَت

نيرانُها هِيَ نارٌ تَقذِفُ الشَرَرا

I had warned you of my war, when

Its fires flared up, it is a fire that casts sparks.

قُبحاً لِنارِكُمُ وَالقِدرُ إِذ نُصِبَت

عَلى الأَثافي وَضَوءُ الصُبحِ قَد جَشَرا

Evil be to your fire and the cooking pot when erected

Upon the cooking stones, and the morning light shone.

لَو كانَ يَعلَمُ ما أَنتُم مُجاوِرُكُم

لَما أَناخَ إِلى أَحفاشِكُم سَحَرا

If he who dwells with you knew,

He would not have rested by night among your tents.