أَلا أَبلِغ لَدَيكَ أَبا حُرَيثٍ

أَلا أَبلِغ لَدَيكَ أَبا حُرَيثٍ

وَعاقِبَةُ المَلامَةِ لِلمُليمِ

وَعاقِبَةُ المَلامَةِ لِلمُليمِ

Listen, convey word to Abu Hurayth there with you:

Shall I not convey to you, O father of Hurayth,

And blame’s consequences fall upon the one at fault.

That the consequence of blame is for the blamer,

فَكَيفَ تَرى مُعاقَبَتي وَسَعيِي

فَكَيفَ تَرى مُعاقَبَتي وَسَعيِي

بِأَذوادِ القَصيمَةِ وَالقَصيمِ

بِأَذوادِ القَصيمَةِ وَالقَصيمِ

So how do you regard my retaliation and my striving

So how do you see that I should be punished and strived against

over the camel herds of al-Qasimah and al-Qasim?

With the handiworks of Qasim and Qasim,

فَنِمتُ اللَيلَ إِذ أَوقَعتُ فيكُم

فَنِمتُ اللَيلَ إِذ أَوقَعتُ فيكُم

قَبائِلِ عامِرٍ وَبَني تَميمِ

قَبائِلِ عامِرٍ وَبَني تَميمِ

So I slept through the night once I had attacked you—

I slept the night when I inflicted you

tribes of ‘Amir and sons of Tamim.

The tribes of ‘Amir and the clan of Tamim,

وَساغَ لي الشَرابُ وَكُنتُ قَبلاً

وَساغَ لي الشَرابُ وَكُنتُ قَبلاً

أَكادُ أَغُصُّ بِالماءِ الحَميمِ

أَكادُ أَغُصُّ بِالماءِ الحَميمِ

And drink went down easily for me, though before

And drinking was pleasant for me when before

I would almost choke on scalding water.

I would almost choke on hot water.