إِنَّ الرَزِيَّةَ لا رَزِيَّةَ مِثلُها

إِنَّ الرَزِيَّةَ لا رَزِيَّةَ مِثلُها

ما تَبتَغي غَطَفانُ يَومَ أَضَلَّتِ

ما تَبتَغي غَطَفانُ يَومَ أَضَلَّتِ

Truly, no calamity equals the loss

Indeed woe unfathomable, forsooth quite unmatchable,

Of the one Ghatafan seeks, on the day it lost him.

What reunited with kin yearns Ghatfan, lost one day,

إِنَّ الرِكابَ لَتَبتَغي ذا مِرَّةٍ

إِنَّ الرِكابَ لَتَبتَغي ذا مِرَّةٍ

بِجُنوبِ نَخلَ إِذا الشُهورُ أُحِلَّتِ

بِجُنوبِ نَخلَ إِذا الشُهورُ أُحِلَّتِ

The riding camels surely seek a man of strength,

Indeed upon mounts seeking once more, time and again,

By the sides of Nakhl, when the months are open to warfare.

'Neath palm trees when months permitted and free were to stray,

وَلَنِعمَ حَشوُ الدِرعِ أَنتَ لَنا إِذا

وَلَنِعمَ حَشوُ الدِرعِ أَنتَ لَنا إِذا

نَهِلَت مِنَ العَلَقِ الرِماحُ وَعَلَّتِ

نَهِلَت مِنَ العَلَقِ الرِماحُ وَعَلَّتِ

And how splendidly you fill the coat of mail for us, when

And finest coat-of-mail stuffing art thou for us, assuredly,

The spears drink their first draught of clotted blood, then drink again.

When from sheaths unleashed are lances for foe's blood to pay.