Sol 6.1

  1. لَقَد جُدِعَت آذانُ كَعبٍ وَعامِرٍ

    بِقَتلِ اِبنِ عَبدٍ ثُمَّ خُرَّت أُنوفُها

    Indeed, the ears of Kaʿb and ʿĀmir have been lopped off,

    By the slaying of Ibn ʿAbd; then their noses fell.

  2. فَوَلَّت نَطيحاً كَبشُها وَجُموعُها

    ثُباتٍ عِزينَ ما تُلامُ صُفوفُها

    So they fled, their ram gored, and their hosts

    In bands and scattered groups, their ranks not re-formed.

  3. وَحانَ اِبنُ عَبدٍ إِذ هَوى في رِماحِنا

    كَذاكَ المَنايا حَينُها وَحُتوفُها

    And Ibn ʿAbd met his doom when he fell among our spears;

    Such are the fates—their ruin and their dooms.

  4. أُصَيبَت بِهِ فِهرٌ فَلا اِنجَبَرَت لَها

    مَصائِبُ بادٍ حَرُّها وَشَفيفُها

    Fihr was stricken by his loss; may they never recover from

    Calamities whose heat and biting chill are plain.

  5. وَبَعدُ فَلا تَنفَكُّ تَنزِلُ بَينَهُم

    قَوارِعُ ذُلٍّ لا تُرَدُّ صُروفُها

    And thereafter, there will never cease to fall among them

    Crushing blows of humiliation, whose vicissitudes cannot be averted.

  6. وَأُخرى بِبَدرٍ خابَ فيها رَجاؤُهُم

    فَلَم تُغنِ عَنها نَبلُها وَسُيوفُها

    And another at Badr, where their hope was dashed;

    So their arrows and their swords availed them nothing.

  7. وَأُخرى وَشيكاً لَيسَ فيها تَحَوَّلٌ

    يُصِمُّ المُنادي جَرسُها وَحَفيفُها

    And another soon, from which there is no escape;

    Its clangor and rustling deafen the herald.