أَلَم يَبلُغكُمُ أَنّا جَدَعنا

لَدى العَبلاءَ خِندِفَ بِالقِيادِ

Have you not heard that we mutilated them,

Striking with sharp swords at Al-'Ukaadh,

ضَرَبناهُم بِيَطنِ عُكاظَ حَتّى

تَوَلَّوا ظالِعينَ مِنَ النَجادِ

Until they fled in disarray

From the elevated heights.