جَزَى اللُه سَعْداً بِالأَبَارِقِ نِعْمَةً

جَزَى اللُه سَعْداً بِالأَبَارِقِ نِعْمَةً

وحَيّاً بِهَبُّودٍ جَزَى اللهُ أَسْعَدَا

وحَيّاً بِهَبُّودٍ جَزَى اللهُ أَسْعَدَا

May God reward Saʿd at al-Abāriq with a blessing,

May Allah reward Sa'd with Abariq a blessing,

And a clan at Habbūd—may God reward Asʿad,

And Habbud alive with the most fortunate.

وَحَيّاً عَلَى تِبْرَاكَ لَمْ أَرع مِثْلَهُمْ

وَحَيّاً عَلَى تِبْرَاكَ لَمْ أَرع مِثْلَهُمْ

أَخاً قطِعَتْ مِنْهُ الحَبَائِلُ مُفْرَدَا

أَخاً قطِعَتْ مِنْهُ الحَبَائِلُ مُفْرَدَا

And a clan at Tibrāk: I have never cared as they did

And alive upon Tibrak, I have not seen the likes of them,

For a brother whose ties were severed, left alone.

A brother whose ropes have been severed, singled out.

بَكَيْتُ بِخُصْمَي شَنَّةٍ يَوْمَ فَارَقُوا

بَكَيْتُ بِخُصْمَي شَنَّةٍ يَوْمَ فَارَقُوا

عَلَى ظَهْرِ عَجْعَاجِ العَشِيَّاتِ أَجْرَدَا

عَلَى ظَهْرِ عَجْعَاجِ العَشِيَّاتِ أَجْرَدَا

I wept through the two ends of a worn waterskin the day they departed,

I cried over the loss of companions on the day they left

On the back of a sleek beast that roars in the evenings.

On the back of a bare mountain road.

أَخَبَّا وقَدْ كَانَ المَزَادُ سِوَاهُمَا

أَخَبَّا وقَدْ كَانَ المَزَادُ سِوَاهُمَا

عَلَى شُعَبٍ مِنْ صَادِرٍ قَدْ تَبَدَّدَا

عَلَى شُعَبٍ مِنْ صَادِرٍ قَدْ تَبَدَّدَا

Both ran freely, while the other waterskins

They went away while the only choice was them

Had already scattered along branching ravines of Ṣādir.

On the paths of a mountain range that scattered.