أَلا حَيِّ أَهلَ الجَوفِ قَبلَ العَوائِقِ

وَمِن قَبلِ رَوعاتِ الحَبيبِ المُفارِقِ

Oh lively people of the insides before obstacles,

And before the fears of the departing beloved,

سَقى الحاجِزَ المِحلالَ وَالباطِنَ الَّذي

يَشُنُّ عَلى القَبرَينِ صَوبَ الغَوادِقِ

He irrigated the permitted and the insider who

Attacks the two graves towards the tall trees,

وَلَمّا لَقينا خَيلَ أَبجَرَ أَعلَنوا

بِدَعوى لُجَيمٍ غَيرَ ميلِ العَواتِقِ

And when we met the horses of Abjar they declared

With the claim of Lujaym, not the inclination of the old ladies,

صَبَرنا لَهُم وَالصَبرُ مِنّا سَجِيَّةٌ

بِأَسيافِنا تَحتَ الظِلالِ الخَوافِقِ

We were patient with them and patience is from us a habit

With our swords under the shading shadows,

فَلَمّا رَأَوا أَلّا هَوادَةَ بَينَنا

دَعَوا بَعدَ كَربٍ يا عُمَيرَ بنِ طارِقِ

So when they saw that there was no peace between us

They called after hardship, "O Umayr ibn Tariq",

وَمُبدٍ لَنا ضِغناً وَلَولا رِماحُنا

بِأَرضِ العِدى لَم يَرعَ صَوبَ البَوارِقِ

And a supplier of anger to us, and were it not for our spears

In the land of enemies, he would not have turned towards the lightnings,

عَرَفتُم لِعَتّابٍ عَلَيكُم وَرَهطِهِ

نِدامَ المُلوكِ وَاِفتِراشَ النَمارِقِ

You knew the regret of kings and the bedding of carpets

For Atab and his crew against you,

هُمُ الداخِلونَ البابَ لا تَدخُلونَهُ

عَلى المَلكِ وَالحامونَ عِندَ الحَقائِقِ

They are the ones entering the door, you do not enter it

To the king, and the protectors at the facts,

وَأَنتُم كِلابُ النارِ تُرمى وُجوهُكُم

عَنِ الخَيرِ لا تَغشَونَ بابَ السُرادِقِ

And you are the dogs of hell, your faces are thrown

Away from good, you do not cover the door of the canopy,

وَإِنّا لَنَحميكُم إِذا ما تَشَنَّعَت

بِنا الخَيلُ تَردي مِن شَنونٍ وَزاهِقِ

And we will protect you when the horses attack us

With evil and loss.