إِنّي إِذا اِنتَتَرَت أَصِرَّةُ أُمَّكُم
مِمَّن يُقالُ لَهُ تَسَربَل فَاِركَبِ
When your mothers' ropes are untied
By one called to ride his stallion, mount!
لا ضَيرَ قَد حَكَّت بِمُرَّةَ بَركَها
وَتَرَكنَ أَشجَعَ مِثلَ خُشبِ الأَثأَبِ
No harm. She has bitten with her bridle
And left the bravest like dry kindling wood
لا يَخطُبونَ إِلى الكِرامِ بَناتِهِم
وَتَشيبُ أَيُّمُهُم وَلَمّا تُخطَبِ
They do not ask for the daughters of the generous
And their mothers grow old before being asked for
أَفَرِحتَ أَن غَدَرَ الزَمانُ بِفارِسٍ
قُلحَ الكِلابِ وَكُنتُ غَيرَ مُغَلَّبِ
Did you rejoice that time betrayed a horseman
Mangy dogs while I was not defeated
يا مُرَّ قَد كَلِبَ الزَمانُ عَلَيكُمُ
وَنَكَأتُ قَرحَتَكُم وَلَمّا أُنكَبِ
O Murr, time has attacked you
And torn your wounds when you fell
وَتَرَكتُ جَمعَهُمُ بِلابَةِ ضَرغَدٍ
جَزَرَ السِباعِ وَكُلِّ نَسرٍ أَهدَبِ
And left their group to the stupidity of vain one
Prey for beasts and every vulture pecking
وَلَقَد أَبَلتُ الخَيلَ في عَرَصاتِكُم
وَسطَ الدِيارِ بِكُلِّ خِرقٍ مِحرَبِ
And I made the horses trample your lands
In the midst of homes with every torn robe
وَشَفَيتُ نَفسي مِن فَزارَةَ إِنَّهُم
أَهلُ الفَعالِ وَأَهلُ عِزٍّ أَغلَبِ
And quenched my soul’s thirst for they
Are people of action and victorious people
وَلَقَد فَخَرتَ بِباطِلٍ عَدَّدتَهُ
فَإِذا أَتَيتَ بُيوتَ قَومِكَ فَاِحسُبِ
You have falsely boasted of what you enumerated
So when you come to the homes of your people, take account
فَلَتُخبِرَنَّكَ فاقِدٌ عَن شَجوِها
حَذِلٌ مَدامِعُها بِدَمعٍ سَيكَبِ
For you will be told by one who misses her
Whose tears flow with tears she will pour
وَلَقَد لَحِقتَ بِخَيلِنا فَكَرِهتَها
وَصَدَدتَ عَن خَيشومِها المُستَكلِبِ
And you have reached our horses and disliked them
And diverted their spears from the gaping maw
فَبَني فَزارَةَ قَد عَلَونَ بِكَلكَلٍ
وَالحَيَّ أَشجَعَ قَد رَمَينَ بِمَنكِبِ
The sons of Fazarah ascended the hill
And the living are most courageous, having shot with a bow
غادَرنَ مِنهُم تِسعَةً في مَعرَكٍ
وَثَلاثَةٌ قَرَّنَّهُم في المِشعَبِ
They left nine of them in the battlefield
And three were paired off in the mountain pass
