تركنا على النَّشَّاشِ بكرَ بنَ وائلٍ

وقد نهِلَت منها السيوفُ وعَلَّتِ

We left at Nashash some of the tribe of Bakr bin Wa'il

Where swords had been unsheathed and blades had flashed

وبالفَلَج العادي قتلى إذا التقت

عليها ضباعُ الغيلِ باتت وظَلَّتِ

And at the regular torrent-beds were men slain when

The wild beasts of prey spent the night there and prowled

فقلنا على النَّشَّاش منا عصابةٌ

كراماً وسمناها الهوانَ فذلَّتِ

So we said: At Nashash we have a brave band

High-minded: and we named it The Base and it recoiled

إِذا ما الضباعُ الجِلَّةُ انتجعتهُمُ

نما النِّيُّ في أصلائها فاتمَهَلَّتِ

When the cowardly beasts take to flight from them

Prosperity grows in their thickets and they have halted