أبلغ بني الأشترِ إن جئتهم

أبلغ بني الأشترِ إن جئتهم

ما بال أبناءِ بني واسع

ما بال أبناءِ بني واسع

Tell the sons of al-Ashtar, if you come to them:

Tell the sons of al-Ashtar, if you come to them:

What befell the sons of Banu Wāsiʿ,

What is the matter with the sons of Banū Wāsiʿ,

والليث يعلوه بأنيابِه

والليث يعلوه بأنيابِه

معتفراً في دمه الناقع

معتفراً في دمه الناقع

while the lion towered over him with its fangs,

While the lion overpowers him with its fangs,

as he lay in the dust, steeped in his deep-red blood,

Dust-smeared in his fresh blood,

إذ تركوه وهو يدعوهم

إذ تركوه وهو يدعوهم

بالنسب الذاتي وبالشاسع

بالنسب الذاتي وبالشاسع

when they abandoned him, though he called upon them

When they abandoned him as he called to them

by ties of kinship, both close and distant?

By ties of kinship, close and distant?

لايرفع الرحمنُ مصروعكم

لايرفع الرحمنُ مصروعكم

ولا يوهن قوة الصارع

ولا يوهن قوة الصارع

May the All-Merciful never raise your fallen man,

May the All-Merciful not raise your fallen man,

nor weaken the strength of him who struck him down.

Nor weaken the strength of the one who felled him.

راحت بمسلمة البغالُ عشيّةً

راحت بمسلمة البغالُ عشيّةً

فارعَي فزارةُ لا هناك المرتع

فارعَي فزارةُ لا هناك المرتع

One evening, the mules carried Maslama away.

The mules departed with Maslama one evening;

So graze, Fazāra—may the pasture bring you no joy.

So graze, Fazāra—may the pasture bring you no joy!