أَتُوعِدُنَا رَبِيعَةُ فِى إيَاسٍ

وَأَىَّ الدَّهرِ أَوعَدَنَا قَبيلُ

Does Rabee'ah promise us in despair,

And which time has promised us, O tribe?

حَرُورِىٌّ تَكَنَّفَهُ المَوَالِى

وَعَضَّ بِرَأسِهِ سَيفٌ ثَقيلُ

A free man whom supporters surround,

And a heavy sword that bites his head.

وَإِبرَاهِيمُ مُعتَزٌّ هِزَبرٌ

لَهُ فِئَةٌ تَقُولُ كَمَا يَقُولُ

And Ibraheem proud and angry,

Who has a group that says as he says.

يَمَانِيَةٌ تَذُودُ النَّاسَ عَنهُ

وَتَخطِرُ فِى جَوَانِبهَا الفُحُولُ

Yemenis who ward people off from him

And in their sides gallop the stallions.

حَمَى الضِّيفَانَ إِذ جَالَت نِزَارٌ

كَمَا جَالَت مِنَ البَقَرِ الوُعُولُ

They protected the two guests when the women of Nizar walked around

Like she-camels walk around their calves.

فَلَولاَ كَفُّهُ عَنكُم لَكُنتُم

كَمَن غَالَت مِنَ الأَقوَامِ غُولُ

If it were not for his restraint towards you, you would have been

Like the people whose tyrants are unjust.

لأَسرَت حِميَرٌ وَبَنُو أَبِيهَا

قُضَاعَةُ والفُرَاتُ لَهُم دَلِيلُ

Donkeys traveled, and the clan of their father,

Quda'ah, and the Euphrates is their guide.