لَعَمرُكَ ما ذَمَّت لَبوني وَلا قَلَت

مَساكِنَها مِن نَهشَلٍ إِذ تَوَلَّتِ

By your life! My camels never spoke ill of Labun

Nor abandoned its dwellings since they departed.

لَها ما اِستَحَلَّت مِن مَساكِنِ نَهشَلٍ

وَتَسرَحُ في حافاتِهِم حَيثُ حَلَّتِ

They deemed lawful whatever of Labun's abodes they inhabited

And grazed freely in their meadows wherever they settled.

وَيَمنَعُها مِن أَن تُضامَ فَوارِسٌ

كِرامٌ إِذا الأُخرى مِنَ القَومِ شُلَّتِ

Noble horsemen prevented them from being herded together

When the rest of the tribe was scattered and displaced.

مَساعيرُ غُرٌّ لا تَخِمُّ لِحامُهُم

إِذا أَمسَتِ الشِعرى العَبورُ اِستَقَلَّتِ

Young, restless stallions whose zeal never wanes

If the winding paths were arduous when evening descended.

فَلَو بَلَغَت عَوّا السِماكِ قَبيلَةٌ

لَزادَت عَلَيها نَهشَلٌ وَتَعَلَّتِ

Had an upland tribe reached the summit of Simak

Nahshal would still rise above them exalted.