كَرَرتُ عَلى أَبطالِ سَعدٍ وَمالِكٍ

وَمَن يَدعُ الداعي إِذا هُوَ نَدَّدَ

I charged the heroes of Saad and Malik again and again,

And who calls the caller when he is urgent?

فَلَأيا كَرَرتُ الوردَ حَتّى رَأَيتُهُم

يَكُبّونَ في الصَحراءِ مَثنى وَموحدا

So I charged the roses until I saw them

Falling in the desert, in pairs and alone.

غَداةَ بَذَتهُم بِالصَعيدِ رِماحَكُم

وَقَد ظَهَرَت دَعوى زَنيمُ وَأَسعَدا

The morning your spears pierced them in the plain

And the claim of Zaneem and Saad became clear.

فَما زِلتُ أَرميهُم بِغرَّةِ وَجهِهِ

وَبِالسَيفِ حَتّى كَلَّ تَحتي وَبَلَّدا

So I did not stop shooting them with the radiance of his face,

And with the sword until my arms were exhausted and weakened.

إِذا شَكَّ أَطرافَ العَوالي لُبانَةُ

أَقَدِّمُهُ حَتّى يَرى المَوتَ أَسوَدا

When the tops of the highlands doubted Lubanah,

I advanced him until he saw death as black.

عُلالَتُها بِالأَمسِ ما قَد عَلِمتُم

وَعَلَّ الجَواري بَينَنا أَن تَسهَدا

Her sickness yesterday you already knew,

And the slave girls between us had become drowsy.

لَقَد عَلِمَت نَبهانُ أَنّي حَمَيتُها

وَأَنّي مَنعتُ السَبيَ أَن يَتَبَدَّدا

Nabhan knew I had protected her,

And that I prevented the captives from scattering.

عَشِيَّةَ غادَرتُ اِبنَ ضَبٍّ كَأَنَّما

هَوى عَن عُقابٍ مِن شَماريخ صِندَدا

In the evening, I left the son of Dab as if

He had fallen from the cliff of high mountains.

بِذي شَطبٍ أَغشى الكَتيبَة سَلهَب

أَقَبَّ كَسَرحانِ الظَلامِ مِعوَدا

With Zu Shetb I overwhelmed the battalion Salhab,

He crouched like the darkness of night, familiar.