إِذا فُرِسَ العَوالي لَم يُخالِج

إِذا فُرِسَ العَوالي لَم يُخالِج

هُمومي غَيرَ نَصرٍ وَاِقتِرابِ

هُمومي غَيرَ نَصرٍ وَاِقتِرابِ

When the long spears are shattered, nothing stirs

When the enemy horses were unleashed, my worries were nothing but victory and nearing

My thoughts but victory and closing in.

For I and those who swim on the day of assembly

فَإِنّي وَالسَوابِحِ يَومَ جَمعٍ

فَإِنّي وَالسَوابِحِ يَومَ جَمعٍ

وَما يَتلو الرَسولُ مِنَ الكِتابِ

وَما يَتلو الرَسولُ مِنَ الكِتابِ

For I—by the swimming steeds on the day of gathering,

And what the Messenger recites from the Book

And by what the Messenger recites from the Book—

Indeed I have loved what Thaqif met

لَقَد أَحبَبتُ ما لَقِيَت ثَقيفٌ

لَقَد أَحبَبتُ ما لَقِيَت ثَقيفٌ

بِجَنبِ الشِعبِ أَمسِ مِنَ العَذابِ

بِجَنبِ الشِعبِ أَمسِ مِنَ العَذابِ

Have indeed delighted in what Thaqif suffered

Next to the cliff yesterday of torment

Of torment beside the mountain pass yesterday.

They are the head of the enemy from the people of Najd

هُمُ رَأسُ العَدُوِّ مِن أَهلِ نَجدٍ

هُمُ رَأسُ العَدُوِّ مِن أَهلِ نَجدٍ

فَقَتلُهُمُ أَلَذُّ مِنَ الشَرابِ

فَقَتلُهُمُ أَلَذُّ مِنَ الشَرابِ

They are the head of the enemy among the people of Najd;

So killing them is sweeter than drink

So killing them is sweeter than drink.

We defeated the army, the army of Bani Qasiy

هَزَمنا الجَمعَ جَمعَ بَني قَسِيٍّ

هَزَمنا الجَمعَ جَمعَ بَني قَسِيٍّ

وَحَكَّت بَركَها بِبَني رِئابِ

وَحَكَّت بَركَها بِبَني رِئابِ

We routed the host, the host of Banu Qasiyy;

And their kneeling camels with Bani Riyab

And she rubbed her breast against Banu Ri'ab.

And a Kalbite band they had abandoned

وَصِرماً مِن هِلالٍ غادَرَتهُم

وَصِرماً مِن هِلالٍ غادَرَتهُم

بِأَوطاسٍ تَعَفَّرُ بِالتُرابِ

بِأَوطاسٍ تَعَفَّرُ بِالتُرابِ

And a band of Hilal—she left them

With robes that were soiled with dust

At Awtas, wallowing in the dust.

And had we met the army of Bani Kilab

وَلَو لاقَينَ جَمعَ بَني كِلابٍ

وَلَو لاقَينَ جَمعَ بَني كِلابٍ

لَقامَ نِساؤُهُم وَالنَقعُ كابي

لَقامَ نِساؤُهُم وَالنَقعُ كابي

And had they met the host of Banu Kilab,

Their women would stand up keening

Their women would have risen while the dust billowed.

We raced the horses among them between Busa

رَكَضنا الخَيلَ فيهِم بَينَ بُسٍّ

رَكَضنا الخَيلَ فيهِم بَينَ بُسٍّ

إِلى الأَورادِ تَنحِطُ بِالنِهابِ

إِلى الأَورادِ تَنحِطُ بِالنِهابِ

We spurred the horses among them, from Buss

To the meadows they descend with plunder

To al-Awrad, descending with plunder,

With Lajab the Messenger of God among them

بِذي لَجَبٍ رَسولُ اللَهِ فيهِم

بِذي لَجَبٍ رَسولُ اللَهِ فيهِم

كَتيبَتُهُ تَعَرَّضُ لِلضِرابِ

كَتيبَتُهُ تَعَرَّضُ لِلضِرابِ

With a clamorous host, the Messenger of God among them,

His battalion exposing itself to strikes

His battalion presenting itself for the clash of blows.