Sol 6.1

  1. راحَ القَطينُ مِنَ الثَغراءِ أَو بَكَروا

    وَصَدَّقوا مِن نَهارِ الأَمسِ ما ذَكَروا

    The campfolk departed al-Thaghra’ at evening, or set out at dawn,

    And made good what they had spoken of the day before.

  2. إِنّي إِذا حَلَبُ الغَلباءِ قاطِبَةً

    حَولي وَبَكرٌ وَعَبدُ القَيسِ وَالنَمِرُ

    I, when all the allies of al-Ghalba’

    are around me, with Bakr, ‘Abd al-Qays, and al-Namir,

  3. أَعَزُّ مَن وَلَدَت حَوّاءُ مِن وَلَدٍ

    إِنَّ الرَباءَ لَهُم وَالفَخرَ إِن فَخَروا

    am the mightiest of all the children Eve has borne.

    Indeed, preeminence is theirs, and glory if they boast.

  4. يا كَلبُ أَن لَم تَكُن فيكُم مُحافَظَةٌ

    ما في قُضاعَةَ مَنجاةٌ وَلا خَطَرُ

    O Kalb, if you have no zeal to defend your honor,

    There is no refuge in Quda‘a, nor prestige.

  5. أَعَبدَ آلِ بَغيضٍ لا أَبا لَكُمُ

    عَبسٍ تَخافونَ وَالعَبسِيُّ مُحتَقَرُ

    Is it a slave of Baghid’s house—may you have no father!—

    of ‘Abs whom you fear, though the ‘Absi is despised?

  6. ما كانَ يُرجى نَدى عَبسِ الحِجازِ وَلا

    يُخشى نَفيرُ بَني عَبسٍ إِذا نَفَروا

    The generosity of ‘Abs of the Hijaz was never hoped for, nor

    was the muster of the sons of ‘Abs feared when they rallied.

  7. وَلا يُصَلّي عَلى مَوتاهُمُ أَحَدٌ

    وَلا تَقَبَّلُ أَرضُ اللَهِ ما قَبَروا

    Nor does anyone pray over their dead,

    Nor does God’s earth accept what they have buried.

  8. إِذا أَناخوا هَداياهُم لِمَنحَرِها

    فَهُم أَضَلُّ مِنَ البُدنِ الَّتي نَحَروا

    When they make their sacrificial offerings kneel for slaughter,

    They are more astray than the sacrificial camels they slaughtered.

  9. فَأَقسَمَ المَجدُ فيهِم لا يُحالِفهُم

    حَتّى يُحالِفَ بَطنَ الراحَةِ الشَعَرُ

    So Glory swore concerning them never to ally itself with them,

    Until hair allies itself with the palm of the hand.