أَلَم يَبلُغكَ بِالعَبلاءِ أَنّا

ضَرَبنا خِندِفاً حَتّى اِستَقادوا

Has it not reached you, of my love for her, that

We struck them until they were weakened and humiliated

نُبَنّي بِالمَنازِلِ عِزَّ قَيسٍ

وَوَدّوا لَو تَسيخُ بِنا البِلادُ

We built the tribe's glory and honor like that of Qays

And they wished the earth would swallow us whole