1. إِنَّكِ لَو أَبصَرتِ مَصرَعَ خالِدٍ

    بِجَنبِ السِتارِ بَينَ أَظلَمَ فَالحَزمِ

    Had you seen where Khalid fell,

    beside al-Sitar, between Azlam and al-Hazm,

  2. لَأَيقَنتِ أَن البَكرَ لَيسَ رَزِيَّةً

    وَلا النابَ لا اِنضَمَّت يَداكِ عَلى غُنمِ

    you would surely know a young camel is no grievous loss,

    nor an old she-camel—may your hands never close upon gain!

  3. تَذَكَّرتُ شَجواً ضافَني بَعدَ هَجعَةٍ

    عَلى خالِدٍ فَالعَينُ دائِمَةُ السَجمِ

    I recalled a grief that visited me after slumber,

    over Khalid; my eye streams without cease.

  4. لَعَمرُ أَبي الطَيرِ المُرِبَّةِ بِالضُحى

    عَلى خالِدٍ لَقَد وَقَعنَ عَلى لَحمِ

    By my father's life, the birds lingering at midmorning

    over Khalid have indeed alighted upon flesh.

  5. كُليهِ وَرَبّي لا تَجيئينَ مِثلَهُ

    غَداةَ أَصابَتهُ المَنِيَّةُ بِالرَدمِ

    Eat him—by my Lord, you will not find his like—

    on the morning death overtook him at al-Radm.

  6. فَلا وَأَبي لا تَأكُلُ الطَيرُ مِثلَهُ

    طَويلَ النِجادِ غَيرَ هارٍ وَلا هَشمِ

    No, by my father, the birds will not eat his like:

    long of sword-baldric, neither feeble nor frail.