فتىً كلَّما قالوا تَنَاهَى صُعودُهُ

إلى كُلِّ مَجدٍ خالفَ القَولَ صاعِدا

A youth, whenever they said he had reached his limit,

His ascent to every glory went beyond what was said, climbing.

تَرى كلَّ من تُلقى المَقاليد في الوَغى

إليهِ إذا لاقاهُ ألقى المَقالِدا

You see everyone who takes on the burdens in times of calamity,

Throws their burdens to him when they meet him.

ولستَ تَرى بَيتاً من المَجدِ أو تَرَى

من الجُودِ أركاناً له وقَواعِدا

And you do not see a house of glory or pillars of generosity for it,

And foundations.

لقَد شرُفَت أبياتُ عَوفٍ وطُهِّرَت

من الرِّجسِ حتَّى خِلتَهنَّ مَعابِدا

Indeed the verses of Awf were ennobled and purified

From filth until they became like sanctuaries.

وكُلٌّ يَعافُ الوِردَ من بَعدِ ريِّهِ

وأرماحُ عَوفٍ لا تَعافُ المَوارِدا

And everyone avoids roses after watering them,

But the spears of Awf do not avoid the pastures.

تَرى منهُم يوم الوَغى كلَّ ناِشرٍ

من النَّقعِ فوقَ الدّارِ عينَ مطاردا

You see them on the day of battle, every spreader

Of the cloth over the house, keeping watch.

يَنالُونَ ما أَمسَى بَعيداً منالُه

كأنَّهم طالُوا الرِّماحَ سَواعِدا

They attain what was far out of reach,

As if they lengthened their spears with their forearms.

وقلَّبتِ الهَيجاءُ أعيَانَ خَلقِهم

فقَد وَثبُوا أُسداً ودبُّوا أساوِدا

And war stirred up the notables among their people,

So they pounced like lions and crept like black serpents

عَلى أنَّ من لاقَيت مِنهُم مُسالِماً

لقيتَ به نَوءَ السِّماكِ مُجاوِدا

Though when you met them in peace

You met the gushing of rain from thick clouds.