أَلَم يَأَتيكَ وَالأَنباءُ تَسري

بِما لاقَيتُ في يَومِ الزِيالِ

Did not the news come to you, spreading,

Of what I faced on the day of parting?

وَلَمّا أَن تَزايَلَ مُقرِفوهُم

عَصَينا القَومَ بِالأَسَلِ النِهالِ

When their riders began departing,

We assaulted the people with slender spears.

وَعُرِّيَتِ الفُيولُ مِنِ الثَواني

وَعُطِّلَتِ الخُيولُ مِنَ الرِحالِ

The sheaths were emptied of the swords,

And the horses were relieved of the saddles.

وَلَولا ذَبُّنا عَمَّن يَلينا

لِلَجَّ الجَمعُ في فِعلِ الضَلالِ

Had we not protected those behind us,

The group would have slipped into error.

حَمَينا يَومَ أَرماثٍ حِمانا

وَبَعضَ القَومِ أَولى بِالجمالِ

On the day of Armath we protected in earnest,

And some of the people deserved beauty.