إِذا فُرِسَ العَوالي لَم يُخالِج

هُمومي غَيرَ نَصرٍ وَاِقتِرابِ

When the enemy horses were unleashed, my worries were nothing but victory and nearing

For I and those who swim on the day of assembly

فَإِنّي وَالسَوابِحِ يَومَ جَمعٍ

وَما يَتلو الرَسولُ مِنَ الكِتابِ

And what the Messenger recites from the Book

Indeed I have loved what Thaqif met

لَقَد أَحبَبتُ ما لَقِيَت ثَقيفٌ

بِجَنبِ الشِعبِ أَمسِ مِنَ العَذابِ

Next to the cliff yesterday of torment

They are the head of the enemy from the people of Najd

هُمُ رَأسُ العَدُوِّ مِن أَهلِ نَجدٍ

فَقَتلُهُمُ أَلَذُّ مِنَ الشَرابِ

So killing them is sweeter than drink

We defeated the army, the army of Bani Qasiy

هَزَمنا الجَمعَ جَمعَ بَني قَسِيٍّ

وَحَكَّت بَركَها بِبَني رِئابِ

And their kneeling camels with Bani Riyab

And a Kalbite band they had abandoned

وَصِرماً مِن هِلالٍ غادَرَتهُم

بِأَوطاسٍ تَعَفَّرُ بِالتُرابِ

With robes that were soiled with dust

And had we met the army of Bani Kilab

وَلَو لاقَينَ جَمعَ بَني كِلابٍ

لَقامَ نِساؤُهُم وَالنَقعُ كابي

Their women would stand up keening

We raced the horses among them between Busa

رَكَضنا الخَيلَ فيهِم بَينَ بُسٍّ

إِلى الأَورادِ تَنحِطُ بِالنِهابِ

To the meadows they descend with plunder

With Lajab the Messenger of God among them

بِذي لَجَبٍ رَسولُ اللَهِ فيهِم

كَتيبَتُهُ تَعَرَّضُ لِلضِرابِ

His battalion exposing itself to strikes