إِنْ تَذْكُروا يَوْمَ القَرِيِّ فإنَّهُ

بَواءٌ بأيامٍ كثيرٍ عَديدُها

If you recall the day of Al-Qar, verily it

Brought many days of woe and sorrow unending.

فنحُن أَبَحْنا بالشَّخِيصةِ واهِناً

جَهارا فجِئْنا بالْنِّساءِ نَقودُها

For we assaulted with barely a fight,

Fleeing openly, the women our only defending.

ويومَ كَراءٍ قد تَداركَ رَكْضُنا

بَني مالكٍ والخَيْلُ صُعْرٌ خدُودُها

And the day of Kara when we were put to flight,

The clan of Malik and steeds with cheeks a-bending.

ويومَ الأَراكاتِ اللواتي تَأَخَّرتْ

سرَاةُ بني لهبانَ يَدْعو شَريدُها

And the day of Al-Arakat where we were late,

As the Sa'ra clan called, their fugitive herding.

ونحنُ صبحْناَ الحيَّ يومَ تَنُومَةٍ

بِملْموُمةٍ يُهوِي الشجاعَ وئِيدُها

While we at dawn feasted the living at Tinuma,

With spears overthrowing the valiant and wretched.

ويومَ شَرومٍ قد تركْنا عِصابِةً

لدىَ جانب الطَّرْفاءِ حُمْراً جُلودُها

And the day of Sharoom when we left a band,

By the hillside with red camels their necks outstretching.

فما رغَمِتْ حِلْفاً لأمر يُصيبُها

من الذُّلِّ إلا نَحْنُ رغما نَزِيدُها

No disgraceful defeat has e'er put us to shame,

Except by our own acts we increased its upending.