جَزى اللَّهُ خَيراً وَالجَزاءُ بِكَفِّهِ

أَخا الأَزد عَنّا ما أَذبَّ وَأَحرَبا

May Allah reward with goodness, and the reward is in His hand,

Oh brother of Azd, spare us from what angers and makes war.

وَلَمّا رَأَينا الأَمرَ قَد جَدَّ جِدُّهُ

وَأَلّا تُوارِي دونَنا الشَّمسُ كَوكَبا

And when we saw the matter had become grave,

The sun shall not set beneath us as a fading star.

دَعَونا أَبا غَسّان فَاستَكَّ سَمعُهُ

وَأَحنَفَ طاطا رَأسه وَتَهَيَّبا

We called Abu Ghassan but he was hard of hearing,

And tilted his head perplexedly and alarmed.

وَكانَ اِبنُ مَنجوفٍ لِكُلِّ عَظيمَةٍ

فَقَصَّرَ عَنها حَبلُهُ وَتَذَبذَبا

Ibn Manjuf was for every great feat,

But his rope was too short and unsteady.

فَلما رَأَينا القَومَ قَد كَلَّ حَدُّهُم

لَدى حَربهم فيها دَعَونا المهلبا

So when we saw the people had reached their limit,

In this war we called Al-Muhalab.