شَهِدنَ مَعَ النَبيِّ مُسَوَّماتٍ

حُنَيناً وَهيَ دامِيَةُ الحَوامي

They witnessed with the Prophet pitched battles,

At Hunayn while the cisterns were bloody,

وَوَقعَةَ خالِدٍ شَهِدَت وَحَكَّت

سَنابِكَها عَلى البَلَدِ الحَرامِ

And the raid of Khalid which they witnessed and related,

Its disasters upon the sacred town.

نُعَرِّضُ لِلسُيوفِ بِكُلِّ ثَغرٍ

خُدوداً ما تُعَرَّضُ لِلِّطامِ

We expose our cheeks to the swords at every raid,

Cheeks not exposed to being crushed.

وَلَستُ بِخالِعٍ عَنّي ثِيابي

إِذا هَرَّ الكُماةُ وَلا أُرامي

And I am not one to take off my clothes,

When the valiant flee, and I do not shoot arrows.

وَلَكِنّي يَجولُ المُهرُ تَحتي

إِلى الغاراتِ بِالعَضبِ الحُسامِ

Rather my swift horse wanders beneath me

To raids with the sharp sword.