1. لا فَشَلٌ فِيَّ وَلا سِقاطُ

    لَيسَ أَوانَ يُكرَهُ الخِلاطُ

    There is no faintheartedness in me, nor faltering.

    This is no time to shun close combat.

  2. بَنو شُرَحبيلَ سِوىً بِساطُ

    وَعَنهُمُ ضُبَيعَةُ المِضراطُ

    Shuraḥbīl’s sons lie flat as a carpet.

    And apart from them is Ḍubayʿah, the incessant farter—

  3. صَمَحمَحٌ مُجَرَّبٌ عَيّاطُ

    وَوائِلٌ كَأَنَّهُ مُخاطُ

    burly, battle-tested, and loud-shouting.

    And Wāʾil is as though he were snot;

  4. يَزِلُّ عَن جَبهَتِهِ الأَمشاطُ

    لَقَد مُنوا بِتَيِّحانٍ ساطي

    combs slip off his forehead.

    They have indeed been beset by an impetuous assailant,

  5. ثَبتٍ إِذا قيلَ لَهُ يُعاطي

    أَخرَجَ حُضراً غَيرَ ذي نِياطِ

    steadfast—when called upon, he joins the fray.

    He unleashed a swift run, free of any tether.