لَعَمرُكَ إِنّني وَأَبا رِياحٍ

لَعَمرُكَ إِنّني وَأَبا رِياحٍ

عَلى طولِ التَهاجُرِ مُنذُ حينِ

عَلى طولِ التَهاجُرِ مُنذُ حينِ

By your life, as for me and Abu Riyah—

For your life! Abū Ḥiyāḍ and I

amid our long estrangement, lasting for some time now—

Have hated each other for ages.

لَيُبغِضُني وَأُبغِضُهُ وَأَيضاً

لَيُبغِضُني وَأُبغِضُهُ وَأَيضاً

يَراني دونَهُ وَأَراهُ دوني

يَراني دونَهُ وَأَراهُ دوني

he surely hates me, and I hate him; and moreover,

He hates me, I hate him too

he sees me as beneath him, and I see him as beneath me.

He sees himself above me, I see him below me

فَلَو أَنّا عَلى حَجَرٍ ذُبِحنا

فَلَو أَنّا عَلى حَجَرٍ ذُبِحنا

جَرى الدَمَيانِ بِالخَبَرِ اليَقينِ

جَرى الدَمَيانِ بِالخَبَرِ اليَقينِ

So if we were slaughtered upon a stone,

If we were slaughtered on one stone

the two bloodstreams would flow, bearing sure tidings.

Our blood would surely mingle