رَفَوني وَقالوا يا خُوَيلِدُ لا تُرَع

فَقُلتُ وَأَنكَرتُ الوُجوهَ هُمُ هُمُ

They blamed me and said, "O Khawilid, do not graze!"

So I said and denied the faces, they are they

فَعَدَّيتُ شَيئاً وَالدَريسُ كَأَنَّما

يُزَعزِعُهُ وِردٌ مِنَ المومِ مُردِمُ

So I counted something and ad-Daris is as if

A blossom from the lote tree shaking it

تَذَكُّرَ ما أَينَ المَفَرُّ وَإِنَّني

بِغَرزِ الَّذي يُنجي مِنَ المَوتِ مُعصِمُ

Remember where is the escape? And I am

With the belt that saves from death, protected

فَوَاللَهِ ما رَبداءَ أَو عِلجُ عانَةٍ

أَقَبُّ وَما إِن تَيسُ رَبلٍ مُصَمِّمُ

By Allah, not a cloak or tribe of Ma'an

Is more beloved, and no brace of intertwined rope

وَبُثَّت حِبالٌ في مَرادٍ يَرودُهُ

فَأَخطَأَهُ مِنها كِفافٌ مُخَزَّمُ

And ropes were set up for a purpose it achieves

So sufficiency missed it, bundled up

يَطيحُ إِذا الشَعراءَ صاتَت بِجَنبِهِ

كَما طاحَ قِدحُ المُستَفيضِ المُوَشَّمُ

It makes the poets fall when they stand next to him

Like the falling of the overflowing embellished bottle

كَأَنَّ المُلاءَ المَحضَ خَلفَ ذِراعِهِ

صُراحِيُّهُ وَالآخِنِيُّ المُتَحَّمُ

As if pure whiteness behind his arm

His coat of mail and the hot iron armor

تَراهُ وَقَد فاتَ الرُماةَ كَأَنَّهُ

أَمامَ الكِلابِ مُصغِيَ الخَدِّ أَصلَمُ

You see him having outrun the archers as if

In front of the dogs, listening, dignified

بِأَجوَدَ مِنّي يَومَ كَفَّتُّ عادِياً

وَأَخطَأَني خَلفَ الثَنِيَّةِ أَسهُمُ

With one more generous than I when I warded off an enemy

And he missed me behind the slope with arrows

أُوائِلُ بِالشَدِّ الذَليقِ وَحَثَّني

لَدى المَتنِ مَشبوحُ الذِراعَينِ خَلجَمُ

The vanguards with the strong, firm bonds and he incited me

At the battlefield, stretching out both arms, stirred

تَذَكَّرَ ذَحلاً عِندَنا وَهُوَ فاتِكٌ

مِنَ القَومِ يَعروهُ اِجتِراءٌ وَمَأثَمُ

Remembering Dahil among us and he is a deserter

From the people, accusing him of wrongdoing and culpability

فَكِدتُ وَقَد خَلَّفتُ أَصحابَ فائِدٍ

لَدى حَجَرِ الشَغرى مِنَ الشَدِّ أُكلَمُ

I almost did, having left behind the companions of advantage

At Hajar al-Shaghra from the strain, I endure

تَقولُ اِبنَتي لَمّا رَأَتني عَشِيَّةً

سَلِمتَ وَما إِن كِدتَ بِالأَمسِ تَسلَمُ

My daughter says when she saw me in the evening

“You are safe!” And yesterday you almost did not survive

وَلَولا دِراكُ الشَدِّ قاظَت حَليلَتي

تَخَيَّرُ مِن خُطّابِها وَهِيَ أَيِّمُ

And were it not for holding firm, my wife would have woken

To choose from her suitors and she is a widow

فَتَقعُدُ أَو تَرضى مَكاني خَليفَةً

وَكادَ خِراشٌ يَومَ ذلِكَ يَيتَمُ

So she would sit or accept instead of me a successor

And an orphan almost on that day became bereft