خُذوا ما أَسأَرَت مِنها قِداحي

خُذوا ما أَسأَرَت مِنها قِداحي

وَرِفدُ الضَيفِ وَالأَنَسُ الجَميعُ

وَرِفدُ الضَيفِ وَالأَنَسُ الجَميعُ

Take what my gaming arrows have left of it,

Take what my gaming arrows left as shares,

and provision for the guest and all the company.

A bounty for the guest and joy for all.

فَلَو لاقَيتَني وَعَلَيَّ دِرعي

فَلَو لاقَيتَني وَعَلَيَّ دِرعي

عَلِمتَ عَلامَ تُحتَمَلُ الدُروعُ

عَلِمتَ عَلامَ تُحتَمَلُ الدُروعُ

For had you met me wearing my coat of mail,

For had you met me clad in iron mail,

you would have learned why coats of mail are worn.

You would have known why armor must be borne.

تَرَكتُ جُبَيلَةَ بنَ أَبي عَدِيٍّ

تَرَكتُ جُبَيلَةَ بنَ أَبي عَدِيٍّ

يُبَلُّ ثِيابَهُ عَلَقٌ نَجيعُ

يُبَلُّ ثِيابَهُ عَلَقٌ نَجيعُ

I left Jubaylah, son of Abu ʿAdi,

I left Jubaylah, son of Abi 'Adi,

with thick, fresh blood soaking his clothes.

His garments drenched in fresh and clotting gore.

وَآخَرَ مِنهُمُ أَجرَرتُ رُمحي

وَآخَرَ مِنهُمُ أَجرَرتُ رُمحي

وَفي البَجَلِيِّ مِعبَلَةٌ وَقيعُ

وَفي البَجَلِيِّ مِعبَلَةٌ وَقيعُ

And another of them I made drag my spear;

Another of their kin I ran my spear through,

and in the Bajali man lay a keen, broad-headed arrow.

And in the Bajali lodged a sharpened blade.