1. I attacked Tha'labah, son of Sa'd,
By the valley's edge when battle was called.
١. حَميتُ ذِمارَ ثَعلَبَةَ بنَ سَعدٍ
بِجَنبِ الحُتِّ إِذ دُعِيَت نَزالِ
2. And the son of Abi Lahm caught up with me,
As I drove the horses across the plain.
٢. وَأَدرَكَني اِبنُ آبي اللَحمِ يَجري
وَأُجرى الخَيلَ حاجِزَةَ التَوالي
3. I stabbed his vitals with my sharp spear
Like the curve of a crescent moon.
٣. طَعَنتُ مَجامِعَ الأَحشاءِ مِنهُ
بِمَفتوقِ الوَقيعَةِ كَالهِلالِ
4. If he dies, that was his fate,
And if he lives, it matters not to me.
٤. فَإِن يَهلَك فَذَلِكَ كانَ قَدَري
وَإِن يَبرَأ فَإِنّي لا أُبالي