أَلا هَل أَتى الفِتيانَ بِالمِصرِ أَنَّني

أَلا هَل أَتى الفِتيانَ بِالمِصرِ أَنَّني

أَسَرتُ بِعَينِ التَّمرِ أَروَعَ ماجِدا

أَسَرتُ بِعَينِ التَّمرِ أَروَعَ ماجِدا

Ah, has word reached the young men in the city that I

Has not the news reached the young men of Egypt that I

took captive at ʿAyn al-Tamr a gallant, noble man,

Have captured the most glorious warrior with a date pit

وَفَرقتُ بَينَ الخَيلِ لَمّا تَواقَفَت

وَفَرقتُ بَينَ الخَيلِ لَمّا تَواقَفَت

بِطَعنِ اِمرِئٍ قَد قامَ مَن كانَ قاعِدا

بِطَعنِ اِمرِئٍ قَد قامَ مَن كانَ قاعِدا

and scattered the cavalry when they stood facing one another,

And separated the horses when they had come together

with a thrust at a man—whoever had been sitting rose to his feet.

By stabbing a man who had risen from his seat