مَأوى الضَريكِ إِذا الرِياحُ تَناوَحَت

ضَخمِ الدَسيعَةِ مُخلِفٍ مِتلافِ

The refuge of the feeble when the winds contend,

Of the giant evergreen leaving shreds behind,

فَسَقى الغَوادي رَمسَكَ اِبنَ مُكَدَّمٍ

مِن صَوبِ كُلِّ مُجَلجِلٍ وَكّافِ

So the valleys watered your symbol, son of the wrinkled one,

From the direction of every roaring and bargaining,

أَبلِغ بَني بَكرٍ وَخُصَّ فَوارِساً

لَحِقوا المَلامَةَ دونَ كُلِّ لِحافِ

Inform the Bakr tribe and especially the horsemen,

Meet the blame before every quilt,

أَسلَمتُمُ جِذلَ الطِعانِ أَخاكُمُ

بَينَ الكَديدِ وَقُلَّةِ الأَعرافِ

You surrendered the slanderer of your brother,

Between scarcity and few hilltops,

حَتّى هَوى مُتَدائِلاً أَوصالُهُ

لِلحَدِّ بَينَ جَنادِلٍ وَقِفافِ

Until his limbs fell sagging,

For beheading between spies and sentry points,

لِلَّهِ دَرُّ بَني عَدِيٍّ إِنَّهُم

لَم يَثأَروا عَوفاً وَحَيَّ خِفافِ

By God, the prominence of the ‘Adi tribe, they

Did not revenge ‘Auf and the living wraiths,