نَفَرَت قَلوصي مِن حِجارَةِ حَرَّةٍ

بُنِيَت عَلى طَلقِ اليَدَينِ وَهوبِ

My arteries shivered from the burning rocks

Built by the palms and panic

لا تَنفُري يا نابُ مِنهُ فَإِنَّهُ

سَبّاءُ خَمرٍ مُسعِرٍ لِحُروبِ

Do not shiver, oh fang, for it is

A heated wine for wars

لَولا السَفارُ وَبُعدُ خَرقٍ مَهمَهٍ

لَتَرَكتُها تَحبو عَلى العُرقوبِ

If not for the embassy and the far torn valley

I'd have let it wander on the meadow

فَرَّ الفَوارِسُ عَن رَبيعَةَ بَعدَما

نَجّاهُمُ مِن غُمَّةِ المَكروبِ

The knights fled from Rabia after he

Saved them from the gloom of anguish

يَدعو عَلِيّاً حينَ أَسلَمَ ظَهرَهُ

فَلَقَد دَعَوتَ هُناكَ غَيرَ مُجيبِ

He invokes Ali when he surrendered his back

You have invoked there unresponsive

لِلَهِ دَرُّ بَني عَلِيٍّ إِنَّهُم

لَم يَحمِشوا غَزواً كَوَلغِ الذيبِ

Praiseworthy are the sons of Ali, for they

Did not raid like the ravaging wolf

نِعمَ الفَتى أَدى نَبيشَةَ بَزِّهِ

يَومَ الكَديدِ نَبيشَةَ بنِ حَبيبِ

What a great lad who performed Nabisha

On the day of Kadid, Nabisha son of Habib

لا يَبعُدَنَّ رَبيعَةُ بنُ مَكَدَّمٍ

وَسَقى الغَوادي قَبرَهُ بِذَنوبِ

Rabia ibn Makdam shall not be far

And he quenched his grave with sins