نَحنُ صَبَحنا يَومَ دِجلَةَ أَهلَها

سُيوفاً وَأَرماحاً وَجَمعاً عَرَمرَما

We woke up one day the people of the Tigris

With swords, spears and a teeming throng

نُراوِحُ بِالبيضِ الرِقاقِ رَؤسَهُم

إِذا الرَميِ أَضرى بَينَنا فَتَضَرَّما

We flutter them with white blades

Whenever archery came between us, it was injured

قَتَلناهُم ما بَينَ دِجلَةَ وَالقُرى

إِلى النَهرَوانَ حَيثُ سارَ وَيَمَّما

We killed them between the Tigris and the villages

To Nahrawan, where it marched and proceeded

أَذَقناهُمُ يَومَ المَدائِنِ بَأسَنا

صُراحاً وَأَسقَينا الأَلائِمَ عَلقَما

We made them taste our might at Al-Mada’in

Openly, and we quenched the faults with blood

سَبَقناهُم لَمّا تَوَلوا إِلى الرَدى

كُؤوساً مَلَأنَهُنَّ صاباً وَشَبرَما

We surpassed them when they inclined to depravity

With cups we filled and mixed with wine and bitterness

أَبَيتُم عَلَينا السِلمَ ثُمَّ رَجِعتُم

إِلى السِلمِ لَمّا أَصبَحَ السِلمُ مُحرَما

You refused to make peace with us, then went back

To peacemaking when peacemaking became forbidden

وَيَومَ يَطيرُ القَلبُ مِن نَقَراتِهِ

رَبَطنا لَهُ جَأشاً وَهُجنا بِهِ دَما

And when the heart flutters from its wounds

We tied a bandage for it and stained it with blood

دَعَونا إِلَيهِ مِن تَميمٍ مَعاشِراً

يُجيبونَ داعيهِم وَإِن كانَ مُجرِما

We called on them from Tamim, companies

Who answer their caller even if he is a sinner

يُجَلّونَ في اليَومِ الشَديدِ قَتامَهُ

عَنِ الشَمسِ وَالآفاقِ أَغبَرَ مُظلِما

They dispel in the intense day its darkness

From the sun and horizons a gloomy darkness

وَإِنّا لنُثني الخَيلَ حَتّى تَمَلَّنا

عَلى الثَغرِ يَغشاها الكَمِيّ المُصَمّما

And we curb the horses until we are weary

At the frontier overwhelmed by the determined invader

سَمَونا إِلى كِسرى فَولّى مُبادِراً

بِمَعشَرِهِ إِذ أَصبَحَ الصَدعُ أَضخَما

We rose up against Kisra so he retreated

With his followers when the cleavage grew wider

أَلا أَيهَذا السائِلي عَن عَشيرَتي

سَتُخبرَ عَنهُم إِن سَأَلتَ لِتَعلَما

O you who ask about my tribe

You will be told about them if you ask to know