1. I have not seen horses like them on the day
When the sons of Shamja pursued them behind the sandhills
١. لَم أَرَ خَيلاً مِثلَها يَومَ أَدرَكَت
بَني شَمَجى خَلفَ اللُهَيمِ عَلى ظَهرِ
2. They swore oaths and went forward leading
And they broke away from us for what was destined
٢. أَبَرَّ بِأَيمانٍ وَأَجرا مُقدَماً
وَأَنقَضَ مِنّا لِلَّذي كانَ مِن وِترِ
3. In the evening we severed the ties between us
With our swords while the witnesses were the sons of Badr
٣. عَشِيَّةَ قَطَّعنا قَرائِنَ بَينِنا
بِأَسيافِنا وَالشاهِدونَ بَنو بَدرِ
4. So I awoke having freed my oath and attained
The sons of Tha'labah exhausted while my poetry returned to me
٤. فَأَصبَحتُ قَد حَلَّت يَميني وَأَدرَكَت
بَنو ثُعَلٍ تَبلي وَراجَعَني شِعري