1. وَفَدنا فَآوَينا بِأَشرافِ دارِمٍ

    غَداةَ جَزَينا الجَونَ بِالجَونِ صَيلَما

    We arrived, then lodged with the nobles of Darim,

    the morning we repaid al-Jawn with al-Jawn—a crushing blow.

  2. وَلَم يَكفِنا قَومٌ مَقاماً وَلَم نَعُذ

    بِغَيرِ القَنا في خَشيَةٍ أَو تَجَرُّما

    No people fought in our stead, nor did we seek refuge

    in anything but spears, whether from fear or guilt.

  3. وَلَم أَرَ قَوماً يَرفَعونَ لِوائَهُم

    لِغايَتِنا في المَجدِ مِمَّن تَكَلَّما

    And I have seen no people who raise their banner

    toward our summit of glory, among those who speak

  4. مِنَ الناسِ إِلّا يَعرِفونَ عَلَيهِمِ

    لَنا في جَسيمِ الأَمرِ أَن نَتَكَرَّما

    among mankind, without acknowledging, over themselves,

    our right to noble preeminence in weighty affairs.

  5. وَنَحنُ الأُلى قُدنا الجِيادَ عَلى الوَجا

    كَما لَوَّحَ القَوّاسُ نَبعاً وَسَأسَما

    And we are those who led the fine steeds on sore hooves,

    as the bowmaker heat-seasons nabʿ and saʾsam wood.

  6. وَنَحنُ صَبَحنا حَيَّ أَسماءَ بِالقَنا

    وَنَحنُ تَرَكنا حَيَّ مُرَّةَ مَأتَما

    And we struck Asma's clan at dawn with spears,

    and we left Murra's clan in mourning.

  7. بَقَرنا الحَبالى مِن شَنوءَةَ بَعدَما

    خَبَطنَ بِفَيفِ الريحِ نَهداً وَخَثعَما

    We slit open the pregnant women of Shanu'a, after

    our steeds had trampled Nahd and Khath'am at Fayf al-Rih—

  8. مُجَنَّبَةً قَد لاحَها الغَزوُ بَعدَما

    تُباري مَراخيها الوَشيجَ المُقَوَّما

    a troop of led horses, worn lean by raiding, after

    its easy-gaited steeds had rivaled straightened spear-shafts.

  9. وَنَحنُ صَبَحنا حَيَّ نَجرانَ غارَةً

    تُبيلُ حَبالاها مَخافَتَنا دَما

    And we descended at dawn upon Najran's people in a raid

    that made its pregnant women urinate blood for fear of us.