يا أحمدَ ابنَ أبيهِ

يا أحمدَ ابنَ أبيهِ

ويا ربيب حُرَيْثِ

ويا ربيب حُرَيْثِ

O Ahmad, son of his father,

O Ahmad, son of his father

and O foster-son of Hurayth,

And O ward of Hurayth

مازلت تَعْوي سفاهاً

مازلت تَعْوي سفاهاً

حتَّى مُنِيتَ بليثِ

حتَّى مُنِيتَ بليثِ

you kept howling foolishly

You have continued acting foolishly

until you were beset by a lion.

Until you met a terrible end