أبلغ بني الأشترِ إن جئتهم
ما بال أبناءِ بني واسع
Tell the sons of al-Ashtar, if you come to them:
What befell the sons of Banu Wāsiʿ,
والليث يعلوه بأنيابِه
معتفراً في دمه الناقع
while the lion towered over him with its fangs,
as he lay in the dust, steeped in his deep-red blood,
إذ تركوه وهو يدعوهم
بالنسب الذاتي وبالشاسع
when they abandoned him, though he called upon them
by ties of kinship, both close and distant?
لايرفع الرحمنُ مصروعكم
ولا يوهن قوة الصارع
May the All-Merciful never raise your fallen man,
nor weaken the strength of him who struck him down.
راحت بمسلمة البغالُ عشيّةً
فارعَي فزارةُ لا هناك المرتع
One evening, the mules carried Maslama away.
So graze, Fazāra—may the pasture bring you no joy.
Sol 5.6