نَعَبَ الغُرابُ وَلَيتَهُ لَم يَنعَبِ

نَعَبَ الغُرابُ وَلَيتَهُ لَم يَنعَبِ

بِالبَينِ مِن سَلمى وَأُمِّ الحَوشَبِ

بِالبَينِ مِن سَلمى وَأُمِّ الحَوشَبِ

The crow cawed—and would that it had not cawed—

The crow croaked, would that it had not croaked

of parting from Salmā and Umm al-Ḥawshab.

By the desolation of Salma and Umm Al-Hawshab

لَيتَ الغُراب رَمى حَماطَةَ قَلبِهِ

لَيتَ الغُراب رَمى حَماطَةَ قَلبِهِ

عَمرٌو بِأَسهُمِهِ الَّتي لَم تُغلَبِ

عَمرٌو بِأَسهُمِهِ الَّتي لَم تُغلَبِ

Would that the crow had been shot in the very core of its heart

Would that the crow had cast the contents of its heart

by ʿAmr, with his arrows that were never bested.

Like 'Amr with his arrows that were never defeated