أَقولُ لأَصحابي بِأَكنافِ جازِرٍ

وَرَاذانِها هَل تَأمَلونَ رجوعا

I say to my companions under the folds of Jazir

And its branches, do you think of returning?

فَقالَ اِمرؤٌ هَيهاتَ لَستُ بِراجِعٍ

وَلَم تَكُ لِلتَقنيطِ مِنهُ بَديعا

A man said: Alas! I am not going back

And you were not good at being hopeless about him

فَعَمَّمتُهُ سَيفي وَذَلِكَ حالَتي

لِمَن لَم أَجِدهُ سامِعاً وَمُطيعا

So I swung my sword at him, and that is my condition

For whoever I do not find listening and obedient.