فَمَن مُبلغٌ عني قُرَيشاً رسالةً

فَمَن مُبلغٌ عني قُرَيشاً رسالةً

وأفناء قيس حيثُ سارَت وحلَّتِ

وأفناء قيس حيثُ سارَت وحلَّتِ

Who, then, will carry a message from me to Quraysh,

Who will convey a message to the Quraish from me

and the clans of Qays, wherever they have journeyed and settled,

About the meadows of Qais where they have marched and settled?

بأنّا تلاقينا حنيفة بعدما

بأنّا تلاقينا حنيفة بعدما

أغارت على أهل الحمى ثم وَلَّتِ

أغارت على أهل الحمى ثم وَلَّتِ

that we encountered Hanifa, after

That we met Hanifah after she had raided

they raided the people of the protected pasture, then withdrew?

The protectors of the sanctuary, and then departed.

لقد نزلت في مَعدِنِ البُرمِ نِزلةً

لقد نزلت في مَعدِنِ البُرمِ نِزلةً

فلأياً بلأيٍ من أُضاخَ استقلَّتِ

فلأياً بلأيٍ من أُضاخَ استقلَّتِ

Indeed, they made a halt at Maʿdin al-Burm,

I stayed for a while in the valley of al-Burma

and only with hardship upon hardship did they depart from Udakh.

In a most wretched state after she left me.

تشُكُّ نمَيرٌ بالقنا صفحاتهِم

تشُكُّ نمَيرٌ بالقنا صفحاتهِم

فكم ثمّ من نذرٍ لها قد أحلَّت

فكم ثمّ من نذرٍ لها قد أحلَّت

Numayr pierces their flanks with spears;

Namar's spear tips glisten at al-Qana

and how many a vow of its own it has fulfilled there!

As she fulfilled many a vow she had made.