لا تُعوِجا عَلى رُسومِ دِيارٍ

لا تُعوِجا عَلى رُسومِ دِيارٍ

دارِساتٍ بِذي النَقا أَو بُغَيدا

دارِساتٍ بِذي النَقا أَو بُغَيدا

Do not turn aside, you two, to the traces of dwellings,

Do not lean towards the dwellings

Do not turn aside for the traces of dwellings,

Effaced at Dhū al-Naqā or Bughayda.

Of Darisat or Dhi Naqah or Bugaidah

Effaced at Dhu al-Naqa or Bughayda,

قَد غَنينا بِهِنَّ عَصراً طَويلاً

قَد غَنينا بِهِنَّ عَصراً طَويلاً

وَأَصَبنا بِهِنَّ مَلهىً وَصَيدا

وَأَصَبنا بِهِنَّ مَلهىً وَصَيدا

We did dwell in them for a long time,

We have chanted of them for a long time

For we dwelled within them a long age of time,

And found in them diversion and game.

And gained from them diversion and game

And found therein both amusement and game.

يا اِبنَةَ القَومِ لا تُراعي بِرَيبٍ

يا اِبنَةَ القَومِ لا تُراعي بِرَيبٍ

وَاِسلَمي رَخصَةَ الأَنامِلِ رَودا

وَاِسلَمي رَخصَةَ الأَنامِلِ رَودا

O daughter of the clan, do not be alarmed by misfortune;

O daughter of the tribe, do not be suspicious

O daughter of the tribe, be not startled by doubt,

And stay safe, tender-fingered, graceful one.

And resign to the free-moving sand grouse

And live safe, soft-fingered, in delicate ease.

لا تَخافي عَلَيَّ صَرفَ اللَيالي

لا تَخافي عَلَيَّ صَرفَ اللَيالي

إِنَّ بَيني وَبَينَهُنَّ عُبَيدا

إِنَّ بَيني وَبَينَهُنَّ عُبَيدا

Do not fear for me the reversals of the nights:

Do not worry for me the passing of nights

Do not fear for my sake the changes of nights,

Indeed, between me and them stands ʿUbayd.

Between them and me are distances

For indeed, between me and them stands ‘Ubayd,

إِنَّ بَيني وَبَينَهُنَّ أَبا عَم

إِنَّ بَيني وَبَينَهُنَّ أَبا عَم

روٍ كَفاني عِزّاً وَكَهفاً وَطَودا

روٍ كَفاني عِزّاً وَكَهفاً وَطَودا

Indeed, between me and them stands Abū ʿAm-

Between them and me is a proud father

And indeed, between me and them is Abu ‘Amr,

r, who has sufficed me as honor, refuge, and a towering mountain.

Who sufficed me with honor, refuge, and protection

Who sufficed me as glory, as refuge and peak.