أَلا عَتَبَت عَلَيَّ فَصارَمَتني

أَلا عَتَبَت عَلَيَّ فَصارَمَتني

وَأَعجَبَها ذَوو اللِّمَمِ الطِوالِ

وَأَعجَبَها ذَوو اللِّمَمِ الطِوالِ

Ah, she reproached me and broke with me.

Alas! She reproached me and turned away,

And she admired those with long locks.

And the evildoers with their long spears pleased her.

فَإِنّي يا اِبنَةَ الأَقوامِ أُربي

فَإِنّي يا اِبنَةَ الأَقوامِ أُربي

عَلى فِعلِ الوَضيِّ مِنَ الرِجالِ

عَلى فِعلِ الوَضيِّ مِنَ الرِجالِ

For I, O daughter of the clans, surpass

O daughter of the clans! I was raised

the deeds of the handsome man among men.

To act nobly among men.

فَلا تَصِلي بِصُعلوكٍ نَؤومٍ

فَلا تَصِلي بِصُعلوكٍ نَؤومٍ

إِذا أَمسى يُعَدُّ مِنَ العيَالِ

إِذا أَمسى يُعَدُّ مِنَ العيَالِ

So do not attach yourself to a pauper who sleeps too much,

So do not pray with a miserable coward

who, when evening comes, is counted among the dependents.

When night comes and he is counted among the dependents.

وَلَكِن كُلُّ صُعلوكٍ ضَروبٍ

وَلَكِن كُلُّ صُعلوكٍ ضَروبٍ

بِنَصلِ السَيفِ هاماتِ الرِجالِ

بِنَصلِ السَيفِ هاماتِ الرِجالِ

But rather to any pauper who strikes repeatedly

Rather, every valiant hero

men's heads with the blade of the sword.

With the blades of swords and the resolve of men.

أَشابَ الرَأسَ أَنّي كُلَّ يَومٍ

أَشابَ الرَأسَ أَنّي كُلَّ يَومٍ

أَرى لي خَالَةً وَسطَ الرِجالِ

أَرى لي خَالَةً وَسطَ الرِجالِ

What has made my head gray is that every day

My hair has turned white each day

I see a maternal aunt of mine among the men.

As I see for myself an aunt amidst the men,

يَشُقُّ عَلَيَّ أَن يَلقَينَ ضَيماً

يَشُقُّ عَلَيَّ أَن يَلقَينَ ضَيماً

وَيَعجِزُ عَن تَخَلُّصِهِنَّ مالي

وَيَعجِزُ عَن تَخَلُّصِهِنَّ مالي

It pains me that they suffer injustice,

It is hard for me that she should suffer harm

and my wealth cannot secure their deliverance.

While my wealth cannot save her from it.