1. The sons of Darim are near heaven, while you are

    the earth's refuse—how wide the gulf between the two!

  2. And indeed among them were Hajib and his cousin,

    Abu Jandal, and Zayd—Zayd of battles.

  3. And Hanzala's sons, lofty peaks, lend them aid:

    a host like pebbles, whose multitude defies every daring assailant.

  4. And many a chief their spears have felled

    at a crossing among the low, compacted sand dunes.

  5. And without them, O son of al-Maragha, you would have been

    cast-offs amid spearpoints, left for the hooves.

  6. They rescued your captives on the day of al-Suhaybat,

    while the sons of the Dog's clan had bare camel-yards.

  7. You fled in fear of the Tha'labites when they advanced

    with a vast host—a mountain of towering withers.

Sol 6.1