يا ذا المُخَوِّفَنا بِقَت
لِ أَبيهِ إِذلالاً وَحَينا
O you who frighten us with murder
Humiliating his father at times
أَزَعَمتَ أَنَّكَ قَد قَتَل
تَ سَراتَنا كَذِباً وَمَينا
You claimed that you had killed
Our noblemen, falsely and treacherously
هَلّا عَلى حُجرِ بنِ أُ
مِّ قَطامٍ تَبكي لا عَلَينا
Why don’t you weep on the lap of the son
Of Qatam, not for our sake
إِنّا إِذا عَضَّ الثِقا
فُ بِرَأسِ صَعدَتِنا لَوَينا
When the loyal one bites
The top of our mountain we bend
نَحمي حَقيقَتَنا وَبَع
ضُ القَومِ يَسقُطُ بَينَ بَينا
We protect our truth and some
Of the people fall between us
هَلّا سَأَلتَ جُموعَ كِن
دَةَ يَومَ وَلَّوا أَينَ أَينا
Why didn’t you ask the armies
Of Kindah, the day they turned away where
أَيّامَ نَضرِبُ هامَهُم
بِبَواتِرٍ حَتّى اِنحَنَينا
The days we strike their protectors
With bright swords until we bowed
وَجُموعَ غَسّانَ المُلو
كَ أَتَينَهُم وَقَدِ اِنطَوَينا
And the armies of Ghassan the kings
Came to them while we retired
لُحُقاً أَياطِلُهُنَّ قَد
عالَجنَ أَسفاراً وَأَينا
Afterwards their women who
Faced long journeys and where
وَلَقَد صَلَقنا هَوازِناً
بِنَواهِلٍ حَتّى اِرتَوَينا
And we made Hawazin sleepy
With spears until we were satisfied
نُعليهِمُ تَحتَ الضَبابِ
المَشرَفِيَّ إِذا اِعتَزَينا
We raise them under the overlooking
Fog when we become proud
نَحنُ الأولى جَمِّع جُمو
عاً ثُمَّ وَجِّهُّهُم إِلَينا
We are the first who gathered the
Armies then sent them to us
وَاِعلَم بِأَنَّ جِيادَنا
آلَينَ لا يَقضينَ دَينا
And know that our stallions
Are determined, they don’t fail a debt
وَلَقَد أَبَحنا ما حَمَي
تَ وَلا مُبيحَ لِما حَمَينا
And we discussed what you protected
And none permits what we protected
هَذا وَلَو قَدَرَت عَلَيكَ
رِماحُ قَومي ما اِنتَهَينا
And if the spears of my people
Reached you we wouldn't stop
حَتّى تَنوشَكَ نَوشَةً
عاداتِهِنَّ إِذا اِنتَوَينا
Until you have a drink like
Their habits when we intend
نُغلي السِباءَ بِكُلِّ عا
تِقَةٍ شَمولٍ ما صَحَونا
We cook the prisoners with every
Old and new we didn't wake up from
وَنُهينُ في لَذّاتِها
عُظمَ التِلادِ إِذا اِنتَشَينا
And we forbid them the pleasures
Of reproduction when we are aroused
لا يَبلُغُ الباني وَلَو
رَفَعَ الدَعائِمَ ما بَنَينا
The builder won't reach, even
If he raised the pillars, what we built
كَم مِن رَئيسٍ قَد قَتَل
ناهُ وَضَيمٍ قَد أَبَينا
How many chiefs we killed
And injustice we refused
وَلَرُبَّ سَيِّدِ مَعشَرٍ
ضَخمِ الدَسيعَةِ قَد رَمَينا
And many masters of large
Tribes we threw
عِقبانُهُ بِظِلالِ عِق
بانٍ تَيَمَّمُ ما نَوَينا
Their eagles roam what
We intend with the shadows of eagles
حَتّى تَرَكنا شِلوَهُ
جَزَرَ السِباعِ وَقَد مَضَينا
Until we left Silwah
To the islands of beasts and we passed
وَأَوانِسٍ مِثلِ الدُمى
حورِ العُيونِ قَدِ اِستَبَينا
And beautiful women like the
Black-eyed houris we saw clear
إِنّا لَعَمرُكَ لا يُضا
مُ حَليفُنا أَبَداً لَدَينا
By your life, our ally
Will never be harmed near us
