أقولُ وقد بُزَّت بِتِعشارَ بَزَّةً

أقولُ وقد بُزَّت بِتِعشارَ بَزَّةً

لوَردانَ جِدَّ الآن فيها أَوِ العَبِ

لوَردانَ جِدَّ الآن فيها أَوِ العَبِ

I say, when booty had been seized at Tiʿshār,

I say, as Tishtar was adorned with armor

to Wardān: “Be earnest about it now, or play!”

As if roses were planted there now, or games were played

فَعَضَّ الذي أبقى المواسي من امِّهِ

فَعَضَّ الذي أبقى المواسي من امِّهِ

خَفِيرٌ رآها لم يُشَمِّر ويَغضَبِ

خَفِيرٌ رآها لم يُشَمِّر ويَغضَبِ

May he bite what the razors left of his mother—

The one who let the joys remain from his mother

any guardian who saw it but did not gird himself and grow angry.

Is angry when he sees her, he does not hesitate or get upset

إذا نزَلَت وَسطَ الرِّبابِ وَحَولَها

إذا نزَلَت وَسطَ الرِّبابِ وَحَولَها

إذا حُصِّنَت أَلفَا سِنَانٍ مُحَرَّبِ

إذا حُصِّنَت أَلفَا سِنَانٍ مُحَرَّبِ

When it settles amid al-Ribāb, and around it stand—

When she descends amidst the tent and around her

when it is fortified—two thousand battle-hardened spearheads.

A thousand spears surround her when fortified

حَميتَ خُزاعِيّاً وأفناءَ مَازِنٍ

حَميتَ خُزاعِيّاً وأفناءَ مَازِنٍ

وَوردانُ يَحمِي عن عَدِيِّ بن جُندَبِ

وَوردانُ يَحمِي عن عَدِيِّ بن جُندَبِ

You protected a man of Khuzāʿa and the clans of Māzin,

You protected the Khuza'a and the plains of Mazin

and Wardān defends ʿAdī ibn Jundab.

While roses protect against Adiyy ibn Jundab

سَتَعرِفُها وِلدَانُ ضَبَّة كُلِّهَا

سَتَعرِفُها وِلدَانُ ضَبَّة كُلِّهَا

بأعيانِها مَردُودةً لَم تَغَيَّبِ

بأعيانِها مَردُودةً لَم تَغَيَّبِ

The children throughout Ḍabba will recognize it:

The young men of Dhibba will recognize her, all of them

the very same booty, returned, with nothing missing.

By their chiefs, returned, not absent