1. أسيرُ الى بني بدرٍ بأمرٍ

    هم فيه علينا بالخيارِ

    I journey to Banu Badr with a proposal;

    in it, the choice concerning us is theirs.

  2. فإن قبلوا الجوارَ فخير قومٍ

    وإن كرهوا الجوارَ فغيرُ عارِ

    If they accept us as neighbors, what fine people!

    And if they dislike that bond, there is no disgrace.

  3. أتينا الحارثَ الخير بن كعبٍ

    بنجرانٍ وأيُّ لجاً بجارِ

    We would go to al-Harith the Good, son of Kaʿb,

    in Najran—what a refuge for a neighbor!

  4. فجاورنا الذين اذا أتاهم

    غريبٌ حل في سعةِ القرارِ

    and dwell among those with whom, on arrival,

    a stranger settles in a spacious haven.

  5. فيأمُن فيهم ويكون منهم

    بمنزلةِ الشعار من الدثار

    So he is safe among them, and is to them

    as the inner garment is to the outer cloak.

  6. وان نفرد بحرب بني ابينا

    بلا جار فان الله جاري

    And if we are left alone in war against our father's sons,

    without a protector, then surely God is my protector.