تُلاقينَ قَيساً وَأَشياعَهُ

فَيوقِدُ لِلحَربِ ناراً فَنار

You shall encounter Qays and his partisans,

Kindling for war fire upon fire.

أَخو الحَربِ إِن لَقحَت بازِلاً

سَما لِلعُلا وَأَجَلَّ الخَطار

A brother of war; when it reaches its full, savage maturity,

He ascends to glory, raising high the stakes.