لَو أَنَّ قَومي في الحُروبِ أَذِلَّةً

لَأَلوَت بَني العَنقاءَ مِن رَأس حالِقِ

Had my people in wars been humiliated

I would have cut off the heads of the long-necked with a barber’s razor

عَشِيَّةَ كِسرى وَالجُنودُ مُقيمَةٌ

بِبابِ قُدَيسٍ يَنتَهي بِالبَوائِقِ

On the eve when Kisra and his armies were stationed

At the gate of Qudays, ending with the towers

وَلَكِنَّ قَومي آزَرَتني رماحُهُم

عَشِيَّةَ هَبّوا بِالرِماحِ الخَوافِقِ

But my people, their spears supported me

On the eve when they brandished their piercing spears

وَنَحنُ عَقَرنا بِالمَلوطِ ركابَنا

بِبابِ قُدَيسٍ عِندَ إِحدى الصَفائِقِ

And we hamstrung our horses at Malwat

At the gate of Qudays, by one of the riverbanks

وَنَحنُ كَفَفنا الفُرسَ أَيّامَ قادِسٍ

بِمُعتَركٍ ضَنكٍ كَلَفِّ السُرادِقِ

And we held back the horses in the days of Qadis

In a narrow, distressing battlefield like the ceilings of tents

إِذا ناهَدونا رَفَّعَتهُم سُيوفُنا

إِلى الماءِ حَتّى تُتَّقى بِالعَلائِقِ

Whenever they attacked us, our swords raised them

To the water, until they were warded off with spears