أَرِقتُ وأَمسَيتُ لا أَرقُدُ

وساوَرَني المُوجِعُ الأَسودُ

I stayed up and spent the night sleepless

As the dark excruciating pain beset me

وَبِتُّ لذكرى بني مازنٍ

كَأنّيَ مُرتَفِقٌ أَرمَدُ

I stay up reminiscing the Banu Mazin

As if I were a sleepless bleary-eyed person

أَأغزو رجالَ بني مازنٍ

ببطنِ تَبَالَةَ أَم أَرقُدُ

Shall I raid the men of Banu Mazin

In the belly of Dhubabah or shall I sleep

وأَعددتُ للحربِ فَضفاضةً

كأنَّ مَطاوِيَها مِبرَدُ

And I prepared for war white horses

As if their resting places were made of ice