ليس الجمالُ بمئزرٍ

فاعلم وإن رُدِّيتَ بُردا

Beauty is not in a waist wrapper

So know, even if you are wrapped in fur

إِنّ الجمالَ معادنٌ

وَمَنَاقبٌ أَورَثنَ مَجدا

Beauty is innate traits

And virtues that brought glory

أَعددتُ للحَدَثانِ سا

بغةً وَعَدَّاءً عَلَندى

I readied for the virgins a meadow

And a high plain where I stay

نَهداً وذا شُطَبٍ يَقُدُّ

البَيضَ والأبدانَ قَدَّا

A cleavage and one with breasts that guide

The white and the bodies erect

وعلمتُ أنّي يومَ ذا

كَ مُنازِلٌ كعباً وَنَهدا

And I knew that on the day of

Battle there are positions, a forehead and a breast

قومٌ إذا لَبِسُوا الحدي

دَ تَنَمَّرُوا حَلَقا وقِدَّا

A people, when they don the armor

They yearn for war, necks thrust forward

كلُّ امرئٍ يجري إلى

يوم الهِياجِ بما استعَدَّا

Each man runs to

The day of turmoil with what he prepared

لمّا رأيتُ نساءَنا

يَفحَصنَ بالمَعزاءِ شَدَّا

When I saw our women

Examining with staves thrust forward

وَبَدَت لَمِيسُ كَأَنَّها

بَدرُ السماءِ إذا تَبَدَّى

And Lamis appeared as if she were

A full moon when it rises

وَبَدَت محاسِنُها التي

تَخفَى وكان الأمرُ جِدَّا

And her charms appeared that

Lie hidden and the matter was serious

نازلتُ كَبشَهُمُ ولم

أرَ من نِزالِ الكبش بُدَّا

I descended upon them like a ram and did not

See any descent of a ram without purpose

هم يَنذُرونَ دمي وأن

ذُرُ إِن لقيتُ بأن أَشُدَّا

They threaten my blood while

I threaten that if I meet I will be most hard

كم من أخٍ ليَ صالحٍ

بَوّأتُهُ بيدَيَّ لَحدا

How many good brothers

I placed with my hands in the grave

ما إِن جَزِعتُ ولا هَلِع

تُ ولا يَرُدُّ بُكايَ زَندا

Neither did I panic nor

Did fear make me cry

أَلبستُهُ أَثوابَه

وخُلقتُ يومَ خُلِقتُ جَلدا

I clothed him in his robes

And was created the day I was created, steadfast

أُغني غَنَاء الذاهبي

نَ أُعَدُّ للأَعداءِ عَدَّا

I sing the song of those who go

And prepare for the enemies, preparation

ذَهَبَ الذين أُحِبُّهم

وبقيتُ مثلَ السيفِ فَردا

Those whom I loved are gone

And I remained like an unmatched sword