أَهلي فِداءُ بَني شَبيمٍ كُلِّهِم

وَبَني الحَرامِ وَجَمعِ آلِ مُطَيِّعِ

My family is the ransom for all the Banu Shaybah

And for Banu Al-Haraam and the clan of Al Muṭayyiʿ

وَالعامِرينَ شَبابَها وَكُهولِها

وَبَني المُسَيَّبِ يَومَ دَعوَةِ لَعلَعِ

And those who inhabit it, both its youth and elders

And Banu Musayyib on the day of Luʿluʿ's call

أَمّا بَنو عَمروٍ فَإِنَّ مَقِيلَهُم

مِن ذاتِ أَصداءٍ كَسَيلِ الأَدرَعِ

As for the Banu ʿAmr, their refuge

Is from the cliffs of resounding echoes

وَبَنو صُباحٍ أَفلَتونا عَنوَةً

وَالكَيسُ أَينَ ما تَنَلهُ يَنفَعِ

And the Banu Ṣubāḥ have slipped away from us by force

But the sensible person benefits wherever he attains