شَفى النَفسَ قَتلى مِن كُلَيبٍ وَعامِرٍ

بِيَومٍ بَدَت فيهِ نُحوسُ الكَواكِبِ

The souls were healed of Qutaybah's and 'Amir's slain

On a day when the planets' ill omens appeared

تَعاوَرُهُمُ فُرسانُ تَغلِبَ بِالقَنا

فَوَلَّوا وَخَلَّوا عَن بُيوتِ الحَبائِبِ

Horsemen of Taghlib attacked them with spears

So they fled, leaving behind homes of loved ones

فَلاقى عُمَيرٌ حَتفَهُ في رِماحِنا

وَما أَنتَ يا جَحّافُ عَنها بِهارِبِ

'Umayr met his doom from our spears

As for you, O Jahhaf, you cannot escape from it

أَتُعجِزُنا في بَسطَةِ الأَرضِ كُلِّها

فَتِلَك وَبَيتِ اللَهِ إِحدى العَجائِبِ

Do you think us incapable across the whole land

By God's House! That is one of the wonders

أَلَم تَعلَموا أَنّا نَهُشُّ إِلى القِرى

إِذا لَم يَكُن في الناسِ قارٍ لِعازِبِ

Don't you know we raid settlements

When there is no protector for one seeking refuge

بَني الخَطَفى عُدّوا أَباً مِثلَ دارِمٍ

وَإِلّا فَهاتوا مِنكُمُ مِثلَ غالِبِ

O Bani Khatfah, count a father like Darim

Otherwise produce from yourselves one like Ghalib

قَرى مِئَةً ضَيفاً أَناخَ بِقَبرِهِ

فَآبَ إِلى أَصحابِهِ غَيرَ خائِبِ

He lodged a hundred settlements by his grave

Then returned to his comrades without loss

وَما لِكُلَيبِ اللُؤمِ جارٌ تُجيرُهُ

وَفيمَ الكُلَيبِيُّ اللَئيمُ المَشارِبِ

Wretched Kulaib has no neighbor to protect him

So what can the miserable trickster Kulaibi do?

تَغَنّى ضَلالاً يا جَريرُ وَإِنَّما

مَحَلُّكَ بَيتٌ حَلَّ وَسطَ الزَرائِبِ

You boasted vainly, O Jarir, but your place

Is a house set amidst the folding tents

أَتَسعى بِيَربوعٍ لِتُدرِكَ دارِماً

وَفيمَ اِبنُ ثُفرِ الكَلبِ مِن بَيتِ حاجِبِ

Do you strive with mounted spearmen to catch up to Darim

What can the son of Kalb's den do from a secluded house?