أَلَم تَشكُر لَنا كَلبٌ بِأَنّا

جَلَونا عَن وُجوهِهِمِ الغُبارا

Did not a dog thank us that we

Removed the dust from their faces?

كَشَفنا عَنهُمُ نَزَواتِ قَيسٍ

وَمِثلُ جُموعِنا مَنَعَ الذِمارا

We uncovered from them the attacks of Qais

And the likes of our group prevented the predators.

وَكانوا مَعشَراً قَد جاوَرونا

بِمَنزِلَةٍ فَأَكرَمنا الجِوارا

They were a people who lived next to us

In a status, so we honored the neighborhood.

فَلَمّا أَن تَخَلّى اللَهُ مِنهُم

أَغاروا إِذ رَأوا مِنّا اِنفِتارا

But when God abandoned them,

They raided when they saw us weaken.

فَعاقَبناهُمُ لِكَمالِ عَشرٍ

وَلَم نَجعَل عِقابُهُمُ ضِمارا

So we punished them for their treachery

And did not make their punishment concealed.

وَأَطفَأنا شِهابَهُمُ جَميعاً

وَشُبَّ شِهابُ تَغلِبَ فَاِستَنارا

And we extinguished their flames altogether

While the flame of Taghlib ignited and shone.

تَحَمَّلنا فَلَمّا أَحمَشونا

أَصابوا النارَ تَستَعِرُ اِستِعارا

We endured, but when they provoked us,

They were afflicted with a fire that raged violently.

وَأَفلَتَ حاتِمٌ بِفُلولِ قَيسٍ

إِلى القاطولِ وَاِنتَهَكَ الفِرارا

And Hatem escaped with the remnants of Qais

To al-Qatul while breaking through escape.

جَزَيناهُم بِما صَبَحوا شُعَيثاً

وَأَصحاباً لَهُ وَرَدوا قَرارا

We repaid them when they became miserable

And companions to him, returning to settle.

وَخَيرُ مَتالِفِ الأَقوامِ يَوماً

عَلى العَزّاءِ عَزماً وَاِصطِبارا

The best one who befriends the people one day

Is one determined and patient in adversity.

فَمَهما كانَ مِن أَلَمٍ فَإِنّا

صَبَحناهُم بِها كَأساً عُقارا

So no matter what pain there was, we

Made them drink it like a bitter cup.

فَلَيتَ حَديثَنا يَأتي شُعَيثاً

وَحَنظَلَةَ بنَ قَيسٍ أَو مِرارا

If only our talk would reach Shu'ayth

Or Hanthalah bin Qais or Mirar.

بِما دِنّاهُمُ في كُلِّ وَجهٍ

وَأَبدَلناهُمُ بِالدارِ دارا

How we degraded them in every way

And replaced their homes with homes.

فَلا راذانُ تُدعى فيهِ قَيسٌ

وَلا القاطولُ وَاِقتَنَصوا الوِبارا

No boasters called among Qais

Nor al-Qatul while they sought prey.

صَبَرنا يَومَ لاقَينا عُمَيراً

فَأَشبَعنا مَعَ الرَخَمِ النِسارا

We endured the day we met Umayr

And we saturated, along with harm, the eagles.

وَكانَ اِبنُ الحُبابِ أُعيرَ عِزّاً

وَلَم يَكُ عِزُّ تَغلِبَ مُستَعارا

The son of Hubab borrowed glory

But the glory of Taghlib was not borrowed.

فَلا تَرجوا العُيونَ لِتَنزِلوها

وَلا الرَهَواتِ وَاِلتَمِسوا المَغارا

So do not wish for the valleys to descend them

Nor the prairies, and seek the caves.

وَسيري يا هَوازِنُ نَحوَ أَرضٍ

بِها العَذراءُ تَتَّبِعُ القُتارا

And march, O Hawazin, to a land

Where the chaste woman pursues the train.

فَإِنّا حَيثُ حَلَّ المَجدُ يَوماً

حَلَلناهُ وَسِرنا حَيثُ سارا

For wherever glory settled one day

We settled it and marched wherever it marched.