مَن مُبلِغٌ عَنّي سِناناً رِسالَةً

مَن مُبلِغٌ عَنّي سِناناً رِسالَةً

وَشَجنَةَ أَن قَوما خَذا الحَقَّ أَودَعا

وَشَجنَةَ أَن قَوما خَذا الحَقَّ أَودَعا

Who will carry a message from me to Sinān

Who will convey on my behalf a message

and Shajnah? Rise, you two; take what is due, or leave it.

And my lament that a people seized the right and deposited it

سَأَكفيكَ جَنبي وَضعَه وَوِسادَهُ

سَأَكفيكَ جَنبي وَضعَه وَوِسادَهُ

وَأَقتُلُ إِن لَم تُعطِنا الحَقَّ أَشجَعا

وَأَقتُلُ إِن لَم تُعطِنا الحَقَّ أَشجَعا

I shall spare you the task of laying down my side and pillowing it,

I will suffice you my side which he placed and made his pillow

and kill Ashjaʿ if you do not give us our due.

And I will kill you if you do not give us the right, most courageous

تَصيحُ الرُدَينَياتُ فينا وَفيكُمُ

تَصيحُ الرُدَينَياتُ فينا وَفيكُمُ

صِياحَ بَناتِ الماءِ أَصبَحنَ جُوَّعا

صِياحَ بَناتِ الماءِ أَصبَحنَ جُوَّعا

The Rudaynian spears shriek among us and among you,

The she-camels bellow among us and among you

like the cries of the daughters of the water, grown hungry.

The crying of the daughters of water who have become hungry

خَلَطنا البُيوتَ بِالبُيوتِ فَأَصبَحوا

خَلَطنا البُيوتَ بِالبُيوتِ فَأَصبَحوا

بَني عَمِّنا مَن يَرمِهِم يَرمِنا مَعا

بَني عَمِّنا مَن يَرمِهِم يَرمِنا مَعا

We mingled houses with houses, so they became

We mixed the houses with the houses so they became

our cousins; whoever shoots at them shoots at us too.

The sons of our paternal uncle, he who throws them throws us together