1. يا لَهْفَ هِنْدٍ إذ خَطِئنَ كاهِلاً

    القاتِلِينَ المَلِكَ الحُلاحِلا

    Alas for Hind when they missed Kahil—

    Those who slew the mighty king,

  2. خَيرَ مَعَدٍّ حَسَباً وَنَائِلا

    وخَيرَهُمْ قَدْ عَلِمُوا شمائِلا

    The best of Maʿadd in ancestral honor and bounty,

    And their best in character, as they well knew.

  3. نَحْنُ جَلَبْنَا القُرَّحَ القَوَافِلا

    تَالله لا يَذهَبُ شَيخي بَاطِلا

    We brought the full-grown, lean steeds;

    By God, my father shall not go unavenged!

  4. يَحْمِلْنَنَا وَالأسَلَ النَّوَاهِلا

    وَحَيَّ صَعْبٍ وَالوَشِيجَ الذّابِلا

    They carry us and the blood-drinking spears,

    And the clan of Saʿb, and the slender spear-shafts,

  5. مُسْتَثْفِرَاتٍ بالحَصَى جَوَافلا

    يَسْتَشْرِفُ الأوَاخِرُ الأوَائِلا

    Cruppered with gravel, galloping headlong,

    The hindmost strain to see the foremost,

  6. حَتى أُبِيدَ مَالِكاً وَكَاهِلاً

    Until I annihilate Malik and Kahil.