أَلا هَل أَتى بِنتَ الثُوَيرِ مَغارُنا

عَلى حَيِّ كَلبٍ وَالضُحى لَم تَرَحَّلِ

Alas! Has the daughter of Thawir come to our abode

On a lively tribe, while the morning has not departed?

صَبَحناهُمُ مِنّا فَوارِسَ نَجدَةٍ

وَشَهباءَ تُردي بِالسِهَامِ المُثَمَّلِ

We met them at dawn with horsemen of Najd

And arrows directed by Shahba, fully equipped.

تَرَكناهُمُ صَرعى لَدى كُلِّ مَزحَفٍ

تَجُرُّهُمُ عُرجُ الضِباعِ بِمَحفَلِ

We left them lying dead at every battlefield

As they are dragged by hyenas to their gathering place.