إذا بَدا الأحْسَنُ فَوْقَ الحِصانْ

إيَّاكَ إيَّاكَ الأمانَ الأمانْ

When the best appears atop the steed

Beware, beware, take care, take care

إنَّ لهُ مِنْ قَدِّهِ صَعْدَةً

قد رُكِّبَ اللحظُ عليها سِنانْ

For he has a spearhead on his spear

Upon which a blade has been mounted

يَرميْ فَيُصْمي كُلَّ قَلْبٍ بِها

فَما لِخَلْقٍ بِظُباها يَدانْ

He throws it and makes every heart bleed

So no creature can resist his onslaught

خُذُوا لَهُ أُهْبَتَكُمْ واحْذَروا

فَما عَلَيْهِ في قَتِيْلٍ ضَمانْ

Take your precautions and be wary

For he bears no responsibility for the slain

ما أمْلَحَ الفُرسانَ لَوْ لَمْ يَكُنْ

خَصْلُهُمُ قَلْبي وفِيهِ الرِّهانْ

How excellent are the horsemen, if not

For my heart's stake that's on them lain

يا لامِحَ الرَّبْرَبِ مُسْتَمْلِحاً

بُدورَ تِمٍّ فَوْقَ كُثبانِ بانْ

O you who elegantly sports the Rabrab

Above the dunes of Thim and Bayan

حَذارِ مِنْ عُفْرِ الظِّبا إنَّها

تَبْطِشُ بالأُسْدِ عِياناً بَيانْ

Beware the cunning of the gazelle, for it

Can overcome the lion overtly and plainly

يا بِأبي أسْمَرُ مِثْلُ اللَّمَى

مِنْ دُونِهِ للسُّمْر حَرْبٌ عَوانْ

O my father, brown like dried meat

Without him, the (other) bay horses are helpless

شُوَيْدِنٌ طاوي الحشا مُفْعَمُ ال

أرْدافِ قاسِيْ القَلبِ رَخْصُ البَنانْ

Shuwaidan, folding up the meadows, full

Of heavy haunches, stony of heart, cheap at any price

إذا بَدا يَخْتال في مَشْيِهِ

فالشَّمْسُ والغُصْنُ لَهُ يَسْجُدانْ

When he prances in his gait

The sun and the branch bow down before him

قَدْ حالَ ما بينَ قُلوبِ الوَرى

وبَينَهُمْ فَهُمْ بِهِ فِرقتانْ

He has come between the hearts of people

And so they are split in two by him