مَن مُبلِغٌ عامراً منّي مُغَلغَلَةً
أَبا عليٍّ مَقال الحقّ يُعتَرَفُ
Who will carry to ʿĀmir from me a message that strikes home—
to Abū ʿUlayy—a word of truth he must acknowledge?
هَلّا حَمَيتَ طُفَيلاً حينَ طافَ بهِ
منّا حُماةٌ وَسُمرُ الخطّ تختلفُ
Why did you not defend Ṭufayl when around him swept
Ḥumāmah, one of us, while al-Khaṭṭ’s dark spears struck back and forth?
لمّا استجارَ ورأسُ الرمحِ مُعتدلٌ
عفوتُ عنه وبعضُ العفو لي شَرَفُ
When he sought quarter, with the spearhead held level,
I spared him—for an act of clemency brings me honor.
لقد شَدَدتُ وَثَاقاً منه مُبتدئاً
والقلبُ منه لِما قد رابَهُ يَجِفُ
Indeed, I had bound him fast, taking him first,
while the heart within him quaked at what had frightened him.
يا ابنَي نزارٍ لقد لاقيتما عَجَباً
منّا ومن سادةٍ عن فعلكم أَنِفُوا
O two sons of Nizār, you have met a marvel indeed
at our hands, and those of noble lords who scorned your deed.
يَمشونَ في حَلَقِ الماذيِّ يَقدُمُهم
ضَخمُ الدَّسِيعَةِ ما في سَيرِهِ عَنَفُ
They march in rings of Mādhī mail, led at their head
by one vast in bounty, with no rough haste in his stride.
Sol 5.6