سَمَونا بِالجِيادِ إِلى أَعادٍ

مُغاوِرَةً بِجِدٍّ وَاِعتِصابِ

We rode our steeds towards the enemies

Attacking vigorously with valor and determination

نَؤُمُّهُمُ عَلى رُعبٍ وَشَحطٍ

بِقَودٍ يَطَّلِعنَ مِن النِقابِ

We terrified them with dread and dismay

With a battalion whose spears peered out from their robes

طِوالُ الساعِدَينِ يَهُزُّ لَدناً

يَلوحُ سِنانُهُ مِثلَ الشِهابِ

Their muscular arms brandished swords

Whose blades shone like meteors

وَلَو خِفناكَ ما كُنّا بِضُعفٍ

بِذي خُشُبٍ نُعَرِّبُ وَالكُلابِ

Had we feared you, we would not have shown weakness

With wooden sticks we discipline even dogs

وَقَتَّلنا سَراتَهُمُ جِهاراً

وَجِئنا بِالسَبايا وَالنِهابِ

We killed their horsemen openly

And returned with captives and plunder

سَبايا طَيِّءٍ أَبرَزنَ قَسراً

وَأَبدَلنَ القُصورَ مِنَ الشِعابِ

Captives from Tayy' we brought out by force

And turned their palaces into simple huts

فَسُمناهُم فَمُصطَبَحٌ قَليلاً

وَآخَرَ كارِهٌ لِلمآبي

We led them, some complacent, some resentful of their fate

Captives from every Tayy' clan

سَبايا طَيِّءٍ مِن كُلِّ حَيٍّ

بِمَن في الفَرعِ مِنها وَالنِصابِ

Neither were their daughters made captive

Nor taken as concubines, as desirable as they were

وَما كانَت بَناتُهُمُ سَبِيّاً

وَلا رُغباً يُعَدُّ مِنَ الرِغابِ

Nor was their blood shed

As retaliation we exacted

وَلا كانَت دِماؤُهُمُ وَفاءً

لَنا فيما يُعَدُّ مِنَ العِقابِ

With a torch as bright as the rising sun

Behind the veil of dawn

وَمَشعَلَةٍ تَخالُ الشَمسَ فيها

بُعَيدَ طُلوعِها تَحتَ الحِجابِ

They tried to snuff it out, but it terrified them

With its wide and leaping flames

وَكادَت تُستَطارُ فَأَرهَبوها

بِأَرحَبِ وَاِقدُمي وَهَلا وَهابي

Calling "Come forth! Attack! Woe to you! Begone!"