1. سَلي يا عَبلَةُ الجَبَلَينِ عَنّا

    وَما لاقَت بَنو الأَعجامِ مِنّا

    Ask the two mountains about us, O Abla,

    And what the sons of the non-Arabs suffered at our hands.

  2. أَبَدنا جَمعَهُم لَمّا أَتَونا

    تَموجُ مَواكِبٌ إِنساً وَجِنّا

    We annihilated their host when they came to us,

    Their columns surging with men and jinn.

  3. وَراموا أَكلَنا مِن غَيرِ جوعٍ

    فَأَشبَعناهُمُ ضَرباً وَطَعنا

    And they sought to devour us without hunger,

    So we sated them with blows and thrusts.

  4. ضَرَبناهُم بِبيضٍ مُرهَفاتٍ

    تَقُدُّ جُسومَهُم ظَهراً وَبَطنا

    We struck them with white, keen-edged swords,

    That cleave their bodies, back and belly.

  5. وَفَرَّقنا المَواكِبَ عَن نِساءٍ

    يَزِدنَ عَلى نِساءِ الأَرضِ حُسنا

    And we scattered the troops away from women

    Who surpass the women of the earth in beauty.

  6. وَكَم مِن سَيِّدٍ أَضحى بِسَيفي

    خَضيبَ الراحَتَينِ بِغَيرِ حِنّا

    And many a chief, by my sword, became

    Dyed on both palms, but not with henna.

  7. وَكَم بَطَلٍ تَرَكتُ نِساهُ تَبكي

    يُرَدِّدنَ النُواحَ عَلَيهِ حُزنا

    And many a hero's women I left weeping,

    Repeating their lament for him in grief.

  8. وَحَجّارٌ رَأى طَعني فَنادى

    تَأَنّى يا اِبنَ شَدّادٍ تَأَنّى

    And Hajjar saw my thrusts, then cried out:

    Slow down, O son of Shaddad, slow down!

  9. خُلِقتُ مِنَ الجِبالِ أَشَدَّ قَلباً

    وَقَد تَفنى الجِبالُ وَلَستُ أَفنى

    I was created stronger of heart than the mountains,

    And the mountains may perish, but I do not perish.

  10. أَنا الحِصنُ المَشيدُ لِآلِ عَبسٍ

    إِذا ما شادَتِ الأَبطالُ حِصنا

    I am the lofty fortress of the house of Abs,

    Whenever heroes raise a fortress.

  11. شَبيهُ اللَيلِ لَوني غَيرَ أَنّي

    بِفِعلي مِن بَياضِ الصُبحِ أَسنى

    My color is like the night, yet I

    Am, in my deeds, more radiant than the whiteness of dawn.

  12. جَوادي نِسبَتي وَأَبي وَأُمّي

    حُسامي وَالسِنانُ إِذا اِنتَسَبنا

    My steed is my lineage, and my father and my mother

    Are my sword and the spearhead, when we declare our descent.