مَنا اللَهُ أَن أَلقى حُمَيدَ بنَ بَحدَلٍ

بِمَنزِلَةٍ فيها إِلى النِصفِ مُعلَما

God granted that I would meet Humaid bin Bahdal

In a position wherein halfway I found guidance

لَكيما نُعاطيهِ وَنَبلُوَ بَينَنا

سُريجِيَّةً يُعجِمنَ في الهامِ مُعجَما

So we may give him and test between us

A lantern that lights up confused understandings

أَلا لَيتَ أَنّي صادَفَتني مَنِيَّتي

وَلَم أَرَ قَتلى العامِ يا أُمَّ أَسلَما

Oh, would that my wish had met me

And I did not see the dead of the year, O mother of Islam

وَلَم أَرَ قَتلى لَم تَدَع لي بَعدَها

يَدَينِ فَما أَرجو مِنَ العَيشِ أَجذَما

And I did not see the dead that left me after them

Two hands, so I do not hope for a maimed life

وَأُقسِمُ ما لَيثٌ بِخُفّانَ خادِرٌ

بِاِشجَعَ مِن جَعدٍ جَناناً وَمُقدَما

And I swear, no coward with ankle chains

Is braver than Ja’ad, liberal and valiant