1. لَقَد جارَيتَ يا اِبنَ أَبي جَريرٍ

    عَذوماً لَيسَ يُنظِرُكَ المِطالا

    You have indeed contended, O son of Abu Jarir,

    with a biting foe who grants you no time to stall.

  2. نَصَبتَ إِلَيَّ نَبلَكَ مِن بَعيدٍ

    فَلَيسَ أَوانَ تَدَّخِرُ النِصالا

    You aimed your arrows at me from afar,

    so this is no time to hoard your arrowheads.

  3. فَلا وَأَبيكَ ما يَسطيعُ قَومٌ

    إِذا لَم يَأخُذوا مِنّا حِبالا

    No, by your father, no people can withstand—

    unless they take pledges of protection from us—

  4. عَرارَتَنا وَإِن كَثُروا وَعَزّوا

    وَلا يَثنونَ أَيدِيَنا الطِوالا

    our might, though they be many and mighty,

    nor can they bend our long hands.

  5. وَما اليَربوعُ مُحتَضِناً يَدَيهِ

    بِمُغنٍ عَن بَني الخَطَفى قِبالا

    Nor is the jerboa, clasping its forepaws to its breast,

    of any help to the sons of al-Khatafa—not a sandal-thong's worth.

  6. نَسُدُّ القاصِعاءَ عَلَيهِ حَتّى

    يُنَفِّقَ أَو يَموتَ بِها هُزالا

    We block its main burrow entrance until

    it escapes through its hidden exit or dies there, wasted away.

  7. فَلا تَدخُل بُيوتَ بَني كُلَيبٍ

    وَلا تَقرَب لَهُم أَبَداً رِحالا

    So do not enter the houses of the sons of Kulayb,

    nor ever approach their encampments.

  8. تَرى فيها اللَوامِعَ مُبرِقاتٍ

    يَكَدنَ يَنِكنَ بِالحَدَقِ الرِجالا

    There you see gleaming women, flashing,

    who almost fuck men with their eyes.

  9. قَصيراتِ الخُطا عَن كُلِّ خَيرٍ

    إِلى السَوآتِ مُسمِحَةً رِعالا

    Their strides are short for any good,

    but toward shameful deeds they go willingly, in bands.