لعمري لنعم الحيُّ اسمعُ غدوةً

لعمري لنعم الحيُّ اسمعُ غدوةً

أسيدٌ وقد جَدَّ الصُراخُ المُصدَّق

أسيدٌ وقد جَدَّ الصُراخُ المُصدَّق

By my life, how fine is the clan I hear at dawn—

By my life, what a good clan is the crying Asīd

Usayd, when the true cry of alarm has grown urgent.

A truthful one when the war cry was believed

فاسمع فتيانا كجَنَّة عَبقَرٍ

فاسمع فتيانا كجَنَّة عَبقَرٍ

لهم رَيِّقٌ عند الطعانِ ومصدقُ

لهم رَيِّقٌ عند الطعانِ ومصدقُ

So I hear young men like the jinn of ʿAbqar;

So listen, O youths, like a fragrant garden

They are foremost in spear-fighting, with proven courage.

With clear wine at the thrust and charge and believed

رأوا غارة تحوي السّوامَ كأنّها

رأوا غارة تحوي السّوامَ كأنّها

جرادٌ ضُحَيا سارح متورَّقُ

جرادٌ ضُحَيا سارح متورَّقُ

They saw a raiding band gathering up the grazing herds, as though it were

They saw a raid containing the dark horses as though they were

Locusts in the forenoon, roaming and feeding on leaves.

Locusts cleared away, having set out early and scattered

أخَذن بهم جنبي أفاق وبطنها

أخَذن بهم جنبي أفاق وبطنها

فما رجعوا حتى ارقوا وأعتقوا

فما رجعوا حتى ارقوا وأعتقوا

They carried them along both sides of Afaq and its valley floor;

They took them in their sides, awoke and bellies

So they did not return until they had enslaved and set free.

So they did not return until they died and were set free