أَلا اَبلِغ سُلَيماً وَأَشياعَها

بِأَنّا فَضَلنا بِرَأسِ الهُمامِ

Convey to Sulaima and her friends

That we have excelled as valiant warriors,

وَأَنّا صَبَحناهُمُ غارَةً

فَأَروَتهُمُ مِن نَقيعِ السِمامِ

And we raided them at dawn

Quenching them with the purest wine.

وَعَبساً صَبَحنا بِثَهلانِهِم

بِكَأسٍ وَلَيسَ بِكَأسِ المُدامِ

Frowning, we greeted them at daybreak

With a cup, not a cup for revelry,

وَثَعلَبَةُ الرَوعِ قَد عايَنوا

خُيولاً عَلَيها أُسودُ الأَجامِ

And the cunning foxes witnessed

Horses, on them the darkest armor,

يَلوذونَ مِنّا حِذارَ اللِقا

فَضَرباً وَطَعناً وَحُسنَ النِظامِ

They flee from us, fearing the encounter,

Striking, stabbing and excellent discipline.

وَسُقنا لِرائِمِهِم سُجَّداً

بِأَحداجِها وَذَواتِ الحِزامِ

We offered to their wives unveiled

With their anklets and belted robes.