ما عَلِمَ الأَقوامُ أَسرَقَ مِنكُمُ

ما عَلِمَ الأَقوامُ أَسرَقَ مِنكُمُ

وَأَلأَمَ لُؤماً مِنكِ قَيسَ البَراجِمِ

وَأَلأَمَ لُؤماً مِنكِ قَيسَ البَراجِمِ

The peoples have known none more thievish than you,

The people know not that none steals like you

Nor baser in baseness than you, Qays al-Barajim.

And collides with spears more fiercely than Qais of the Barajim

لَقَد أَمِنَ الأَعداءُ أَن تَفجَعوهُمُ

لَقَد أَمِنَ الأَعداءُ أَن تَفجَعوهُمُ

وَما لَيلُ جارٍ حَلَّ فيكُم بِنائِمِ

وَما لَيلُ جارٍ حَلَّ فيكُم بِنائِمِ

Indeed, the enemies feel safe from your bereaving them,

Truly, the enemies feel safe you will not raid them

Yet the night of a neighbor who settles among you is sleepless.

And no neighbor's night settles among you with one sleeping