أَبلِغ بَني عَمرٍ بِأَنَّ أَخاهُمُ

شَراهُ اِمرُؤٌ قَد كانَ لِلغَدرِ لازِما

Tell the tribe of Umar that their brother

Was bought by a treacherous man accustomed to deceit

شَراهُ زُهَيرُ بنُ الأَغَرِّ وَجامِعٌ

وَكانا قَديماً يَركَبانِ المَحارِما

He was bought by Zuheir ibn Al-Aghar and his accomplice

Who have long been mounting the forbidden

أَجَرتُم فَلَمّا أَن أَجَرتُم غَدَرتُمُ

وَكُنتُم بِأَكنافِ الرَجيعِ لَهاذِما

You granted them safety, but when you granted them safety, they betrayed

And you were destroying their retreating army

فَلَو حَذِرَ القَومُ الَّذينَ غَدَرتُمُ

بِهِم جَمعَكُم لَم يَرجِعِ الجَمعُ سالِما

If only the people had been cautious of those who betrayed them

Your group that gathered would have returned unharmed

فَلَيتَ خُبَيباً لَم تَخُنهُ أَمانَةٌ

وَلَيتَ خَبيباً كانَ بِالقَومِ عالِما

If only Khubyab's loyalty had not failed him

If only Khubyab had known about the people's plans