Sol 6.1

  1. بَني عامِرٍ غُضّوا المَلامَ إِلَيكُمُ

    وَهاتوا فَعُدّوا اليَومَ فيكُم مَشاهِدي

    Sons of Amir, curb your blame—keep it to yourselves.

    Come now, and count today my exploits among you.

  2. وَلا تَكفُروا في النائِباتِ بَلاءَنا

    إِذا عَضَّكُم خَطبٌ بِإِحدى الشَدائِدِ

    Do not deny our valor amid calamities,

    when misfortune bites you with one of its hardships.

  3. سَلوا تُخبَروا عَنّا غَداةَ أُقَيصِرٍ

    وَأَيّامَ حِسمى أَو ضَوارِسَ حاشِدِ

    Ask, and you shall be told of us on the morning of Uqaysir,

    and the days of Hisma, or a massing host's fierce battles,

  4. وَبِالكَورِ إِذ ثابَت حَلائِبُ جَعفَرٍ

    إِلَيكُم وَجاءَت خَثعَمٌ لِلتَحاشُدِ

    and at al-Kawr, when Ja'far's allied bands rallied

    to you, and Khath'am came to join forces,

  5. لِيَنتَزِعوا عِلقاتَنا ثُمَّ يَرتَعوا

    فَأَردَت قَناتي مِنهُمُ كُلَّ ماجِدِ

    to wrest away our treasures, then graze at will.

    So my spear felled every noble warrior among them.

  6. فَأَنفَذتُ عَبدَ اللَهِ ثُمَّ بِضَربَةٍ

    وَقَد خامَ عَنها كُلُّ حامٍ وَذائِدِ

    I ran Abd Allah through; then, with a blow—

    from which every protector and defender had shrunk—

  7. تَرَكتُ صَريعاً بِالعَراءِ مُجَدَّلاً

    ضُبَيعَةَ إِذ نَجى شُتَيرَ بنِ خالِدِ

    I left him slain in the open, struck to the ground—

    Dubay'ah—when Shutayr ibn Khalid was saved

  8. طِمِرٌ وَزَيدُ الخَيلِ قَد نالَ طَعنَةً

    إِذِ المَرءُ زَيدٌ جائِرٌ غَيرُ قاصِدِ

    by a fleet horse; and Zayd al-Khayl had received a spear-thrust,

    when the man Zayd was straying, not following the right course.

  9. فَذَلِكَ ما أَعدَدتُ في كُلِّ مَأقِطٍ

    كَريهٍ وَعامٍ لِلعَشيرَةِ آئِدِ

    Such is what I have laid in store on every battlefield,

    however grim, and in every year that burdens the clan.