نَحْنُ مَنَعْنا بَيْنَ أسْفَلِ ناعِتٍ

نَحْنُ مَنَعْنا بَيْنَ أسْفَلِ ناعِتٍ

إلى وارِداتٍ بالخَمِيسِ العَرَمْرَمِ

إلى وارِداتٍ بالخَمِيسِ العَرَمْرَمِ

We defended the stretch from the lower reaches of Nāʿit

We dwelled between the lower ravines

To Wāridāt, with a vast, thronging army,

To gushing streams on brocaded Thursdays

بِحَيٍّ إذا قِيلَ اظْعَنُوا قد أُتِيتُمُ

بِحَيٍّ إذا قِيلَ اظْعَنُوا قد أُتِيتُمُ

أقاموا عَلى هَوْلِ الجَنانِ المُرَجَّمِ

أقاموا عَلى هَوْلِ الجَنانِ المُرَجَّمِ

With a tribe who, when told, “Depart! You are under attack!”

In a neighborhood, when told "Set out!" they stood

Stood firm despite the heart’s fearful forebodings.

At the awesomeness of the starred heavens

تَحَمَّلُ أولاهُمْ مِنَ الدارِ غُدْوَةً

تَحَمَّلُ أولاهُمْ مِنَ الدارِ غُدْوَةً

وتُمْسي بِها أُخْراهُمُ لَمْ تُصْرَّمِ

وتُمْسي بِها أُخْراهُمُ لَمْ تُصْرَّمِ

The first of them leave their dwelling early in the morning,

Their first endured leaving home at dawn

And evening finds the last still there, not yet dispersed.

And their last returned at dusk, undeterred