لَم أَرَ خَيلاً مِثلَها يَومَ أَدرَكَت

بَني شَمَجى خَلفَ اللُهَيمِ عَلى ظَهرِ

I have not seen horses like them on the day

When the sons of Shamja pursued them behind the sandhills

أَبَرَّ بِأَيمانٍ وَأَجرا مُقدَماً

وَأَنقَضَ مِنّا لِلَّذي كانَ مِن وِترِ

They swore oaths and went forward leading

And they broke away from us for what was destined

عَشِيَّةَ قَطَّعنا قَرائِنَ بَينِنا

بِأَسيافِنا وَالشاهِدونَ بَنو بَدرِ

In the evening we severed the ties between us

With our swords while the witnesses were the sons of Badr

فَأَصبَحتُ قَد حَلَّت يَميني وَأَدرَكَت

بَنو ثُعَلٍ تَبلي وَراجَعَني شِعري

So I awoke having freed my oath and attained

The sons of Tha'labah exhausted while my poetry returned to me