إِن كُنتِ كارِهَةً مَعيشَتَنا

هاتي فَحُلّي في بَني بَدرِ

If you are weary of our life together

Bring your belongings to Bani Badr's abode

جاوَرتُهُم زَمَنَ الفَسادِ فَنِعمَ

الحَيُّ في العَوصاءِ وَاليُسرِ

I dwelled with them in days of wickedness, yet it was good

To live in hardship and in ease

فَسُقيتُ بِالماءِ النُمَيرِ وَلَم

أَترُك أَواطِسَ حَمأَةِ الجَفرِ

I was given water from Al-Numayr to drink and did not

Leave the basin of bitter Al-Jafr

وَدُعيتُ في أولي النَدِيِّ وَلَم

يُنظَر إِلَيَّ بِأَعيُنٍ خُزرِ

And I was called to the virtuous ones and was not

Looked upon with greenish eyes

الضارِبينَ لَدى أَعِنَّتِهِم

الطاعِنينَ وَخَيلُهُم تَجري

By those who strike with their spears

And their horses run

وَالخالِطينَ نَحيتَهُم بِنُضارِهِم

وَذوي الغِنى مِنهُم بِذي الفَقرِ

And those who mingle, I approached their vigor

And the wealthy among them, the poor