1. أَلا بانَ بِالرَهنِ الغَداةَ الحَبائِبُ

    كَأَنَّكَ مَعتوبٌ عَلَيكَ وَعاتِبُ

    Lo, the beloved departed this morning, taking the pledge with them.

    As though you were both reproached and reproaching.

  2. لَعَمرُ أَبيكَ الخَيرِ لَو ذا أَطاعَني

    لَغُدِّيَ مِنهُ بِالرَحيلِ الرَكائِبُ

    By your noble father's life, had this one obeyed me,

    The riding camels would have been sent away from him at dawn.

  3. تَعَلَّم بِأَنَّ الحَيَّ بَكرَ بِنَ وائِلٍ

    هُمُ العِزُّ لا يَكذِبكَ عَن ذاكَ كاذِبُ

    Know that the tribe, Bakr ibn Wa'il—

    They are might itself; let no liar deceive you about that.

  4. فَإِنَّكَ إِن تَعرِض لَهُم أَو تَسُؤهُمُ

    تَعَرَّض لِأَقوامٍ سِواكَ المَذاهِبُ

    For if you interfere with them or do them harm,

    You confront a people whose paths lead elsewhere than to you.

  5. فَنَحنُ غَداةَ العَينِ يَومَ دَعَوتَنا

    أَتيناكَ إِذ ثابَت عَلَيكَ الحَلائِبُ

    For we, that morning at al-'Ayn, the day you called us,

    Came to you when the allied bands rallied against you.

  6. فَجِئناهُمُ قَسراً نَفودُ سَراتَها

    كَما ذُبِّبَت مِنَ الجَمالِ المَصاعِبُ

    So we came upon them by force, driving their chiefs,

    As unruly male camels are driven off,

  7. بِضَربٍ يُزيلُ الهامَ عَن سَكَناتِها

    كضما ذيدَ عَن ماءِ الحِياضِ الغَرائِبُ

    With blows that dislodge heads from their resting places,

    As camels from other herds are driven from the water of the troughs.