لَو هاجَ صَحبُكَ شَيئاً مِن رَواحِلِهم

لَو هاجَ صَحبُكَ شَيئاً مِن رَواحِلِهم

بِذي شَناصِيرَ أَو بالنَعفِ مِن عُظُمِ

بِذي شَناصِيرَ أَو بالنَعفِ مِن عُظُمِ

Had your companions urged some of their mounts on

If your companions got angry about something from their women

at Dhū Shanāṣīr, or on the mountain spur of ʿUẓum,

With those who have curly hair or the delicate from bone

حَتّى يَروا رَبرَباً حوراً مَدامِعُها

حَتّى يَروا رَبرَباً حوراً مَدامِعُها

وَبِالهُوَينا لَصادوا الوَحشَ مِن أَمَمِ

وَبِالهُوَينا لَصادوا الوَحشَ مِن أَمَمِ

until they saw a herd of antelope with eyes of striking black and white,

Until they see a tender-soft fawn whose tears are flowing

and with ease they would surely have caught the wild game at close range.

And with passion they would hunt the beasts from their dens