هَلّا أَنَختُم لِاِبنِ وَحفٍ فَإِنَّهُ

لَكُم بِالمَخازي يَومَ أَبقَينَ مَتيَحُ

Why not conclude a pact with the son of Wahf, for he

Will provide you on the day of crisis with sure mounts;

وَرَدَّ عَلَيكُم مُردَفاتِ نِسائِكُم

بِبَطحاءِ ذي قارٍ صَلادِمُ قُرَّحُ

And he turned upon you the wives of your women

On the plain of Dhi Qar, a piercing calamity;

فَأَنقَذَهُنَّ الضَربُ وَالطَعنُ بِالقَنا

وَأَيدٍ بِأَبطالِ الكَتيبَةِ تَجرَحُ

So he saved them from blows and stabs of the spears

With hands aided by the heroes of the battalion who wounded;

وَكُلُّ طَويلِ الساعِدَينِ كَأَنَّهُ

فَنيقٌ خَطيرٌ يَفرَعُ الناسَ شَرمَحُ

And every long-armed one as though he were

A noble steed who takes the people unawares with his spearpoint.