وحَامت كِنَانَةُ فِي حَرْبِهَا

وَحَامَتْ تَمِيمٌ وَحامَتْ أسَدْ

Kinanah was zealous in her wars,

As were Tamim, Asad on that day of meeting.

وَحَامَتْ هُوَازِنُ يوْمَ اللِّقَاءِ

فَمَا حَامَ مِنَّا وَمِنْهُمْ أحَدْ

Neither us nor them gave way,

We met tribes of noble lineage,

لَقِينَا قَبَائِلَ أنْسَابُهُمْ

إلى حَضْرُمَوْتٍ وَأهْلِ الْجَنَدْ

From Hadramawt and people of Al-Jand.

We met the horsemen on Thursday,

لقينا الفوَارِسَ يوْمَ الخَمِيس

وَالعِيدِ وَالسَّبْتِ ثم الأحَدْ

Eid, Saturday and then Sunday.

Their reinforcements behind their ears,

وَأمْدَادُهُم خَلْفَ آذانِهِمَ

وَلَيْسَ لَنَا مِن سِوَانَا مَددْ

While we had no help from our people.

When they called out their fathers' names,

فَلَمَّا تَنادَوا بِآبَائِهِم

دَعَونَا مَعَدَّا وَنِعْمَ المَعَدْ

We invoked Ma'add - excellent Ma'add!

We went on splitting their skulls,

فَظَلْنَا نُفَلِّقُ هَامَاتِهِم

وَلَم نَكُ فِيهَا بِبِيضِ البَلَدْ

Not sparing any in that country.

Excellent were the horsemen that day of meeting,

وَنِعْمَ الفَوَرِسُ يوْمَ اللِّقَاءِ

فَقُلْ في عَدِيدٍ وَقُل في عَدَدْ

Say a large number, say a multitude!

But we swept them away violently,

وَلَكِنْ عَصَفْنَا بِهِمْ عَصْفَة

وَفي الحَرْبِ يُمْنٌ وَفيهَا نَكَدْ

War has prosperity and adversity.

We stabbed the horsemen amidst the heaving,

طَعَنَّا الفوَارِسَ وَسطَ العَجَاج

وَسُقْنَا الزعَانِفَ سوْقَ النَّقَدْ

And drove the horses like driven cattle.

And we said Ali is a father to us,

وَقُلْنَا عَلِيٌّ لَنَا وَالِدٌ

وَنَحْنُ لَهُ طَاعَةٌ كَالْوَلَدْ

And we to him are obedience like sons.