1. سائِل بني ثَورٍ فَهَل لاقاكُمُ

    يَومَ العُروبَةِ جَحفَلٌ خَطّابُ

    Ask the sons of Thawr: were you met

    On Friday by a mighty host clamoring for battle?

  2. مُتَشَنِّعونَ لِأَن يَشِنّوا غارَةً

    بيضُ الصَوارِمِ فيهُمُ وَالغابُ

    Arrayed for battle, ready to launch a raid,

    Gleaming swords among them, and a thicket of spears;

  3. وَأَغَرُّ مُنخَرِقُ القَميصِ سمَيدَعٌ

    يَدعو لِيَغزو ظالِماً فَيُجابُ

    And a bright-faced, noble chief, his tunic torn,

    He calls to raid as an aggressor, and is answered;

  4. مُتَعَمِّمٌ بِالشَرِّ مُؤتَزِرٌ بِهِ

    ضَرِمُ الشَذاةِ قُضاقِضٌ قَصّابُ

    Turbaned in evil, girded with it,

    Burning with ferocity, savage, a butcher.

  5. قَد مَدَّ أَرسانَ الجِيادِ مِنَ الوَجى

    فَكَأَنَّما أَرسانُها أَطنابُ

    He has stretched out the steeds’ halter-ropes because their hooves are sore,

    So their halter-ropes seem like the guy-ropes of tents.