فَأُقسِمُ لَولا أَسهَمَ اِبنُ مُحَرَّقٍ

فَأُقسِمُ لَولا أَسهَمَ اِبنُ مُحَرَّقٍ

مَعَ اللَهِ ما أَكثَرتُ عَدَّ الأَقارِبِ

مَعَ اللَهِ ما أَكثَرتُ عَدَّ الأَقارِبِ

So I swear, were it not for the arrows of Ibn Muharraq,

I swear if it were not for the arrows of Ibn Muharraq

Alongside God, I would not have counted so many kinsmen.

With Allah I would not have counted many of my relatives

تَرَكتُ اِبنَ عُشٍّ يَرفَعونَ بِرَأسِهِ

تَرَكتُ اِبنَ عُشٍّ يَرفَعونَ بِرَأسِهِ

يَنوءُ بِساقٍ كَعبُها غَيرُ راتِبِ

يَنوءُ بِساقٍ كَعبُها غَيرُ راتِبِ

I left Ibn ʿUshsh as they lifted him by the head,

I left the son of Ush raising his head

Struggling to rise on a leg whose ankle was no longer firmly set.

Bending with a leg whose ankle is unsteady

وَأَنهاهُمُ خَلعي عَلى غَيرِ ميرَةٍ

وَأَنهاهُمُ خَلعي عَلى غَيرِ ميرَةٍ

مِنَ اللَحمِ حَتّى غُيِّبوا في الغَوائِبِ

مِنَ اللَحمِ حَتّى غُيِّبوا في الغَوائِبِ

And my rending wore them down, though not for provisions

And I ended them without an inheritance

Of meat, until they were hidden away in unseen places.

Of meat until they disappeared into the unknown