لا يَنسَإِ اللَهُ مِنّا مَعشَراً شَهِدوا

يَومَ الأُمَيلِحِ لا غابوا وَلا جَرَحوا

God does not forget a group of us who witnessed

The day of Al-Umaylah, neither absent nor wounded.

كانوا نَعائِمَ حَفّانٍ مُنَفَّرةً

مُعطَ الحُلوقِ إِذا ما أُدرِكوا طَفَحوا

They were docile camels of Haffan dispersed,

Generous when met, overflowing when given to drink.

لا غَيَّبوا شِلوَ حَجّاجٍ وَلا شَهِدوا

جَمَّ القِتالِ فَلا تَسأَل بِما اِفتَضَحوا

They neither failed to attend Hajj nor witnessed

The intensity of battle, so ask not how they were torn.

عَقّوا بِسَهمٍ فَلَم يَشعُر بِهِ أَحَدٌ

ثُمَّ اِستَفاءوا وَقالوا حَبَّذا الوَضَحُ

They shot arrows without anyone noticing,

Then they charged and said: excellent is the bright dawn.

لكِن كَبيرُ بنُ هِندٍ يَومَ ذلِكُم

فُتخُ الشَمائِلِ في أَيمانِهِم رَوَحُ

But Kabir ibn Hind on that day,

The defender, had swords in their right hands that sliced off heads

تَعلو السُيوفُ بِأَيديهِم جَماجِمَهُم

كَما يُفَلَّقُ مَروُ الأَمعَزِ الصَرَحُ

As the head of a goat is split open.

They did not surrender an ally who was among them

لا يُسلِمونَ قَريحاً كانَ وَسطَهُمُ

يَومَ اللِقاءِ وَلا يُشوونَ مَن قَرَحوا

The day they met, nor did they pardon whoever they wounded,

As if they were, at the flanks of Al-Mabrakayn at dawn,

كَأَنَّهُم بِجُنوبِ المَبرَكَينِ ضُحىً

ضَأنٌ تُجَزَّرُ في آباطِها الوَذَحُ

Sheep slaughtered in their enclosures.