إِنّي لَعَمرُ أَبيهِم لا أُصالِحُهُم

حَتّى يُصالِحَ راعي الثَلَّةِ الذيبُ

By the life of their fathers, I will not reconcile with them,

Until the shepherd of the wolf pack makes peace,

أَو تَنجَلي الخَيلُ عَن قَتلى مُصَرَّعَةٍ

كَأَنَّها خَشَبٌ بِالقاعِ مَقطوبُ

Or the horses retreat from the slain bodies,

Strewn about as if they were chopped wood on the ground.