تَقارَعنا عَلى الأَحسابِ حَتّى

تَقارَعنا عَلى الأَحسابِ حَتّى

تَوادَعنا فَكُلٌّ غَيرُ آلِ

تَوادَعنا فَكُلٌّ غَيرُ آلِ

We clashed over ancestral honor until

We clashed over scores until

we made a truce, each having spared no effort.

We parted, each of us unchangeable,

فَكانَت بَينَ قَومِكُمُ وَبَيني

فَكانَت بَينَ قَومِكُمُ وَبَيني

خُماشاتٌ بِأَطرافِ العَوالي

خُماشاتٌ بِأَطرافِ العَوالي

So between your people and me there were

So between your people and me

scratches from the tips of long spears.

Were skirmishes on the fringes of the hills.