سائِل عُمَيرَةَ حَيثُ حَلَّت جَمعَها

عِندَ الحُروبِ بِأَيِّ حَيٍّ تُلحَقُ

Ask ʿUmayra, wherever her host has encamped,

In war, to which tribe does she attach herself?

أَبِحَيِّ قَيسٍ أَم بِعُذرَةَ بَعدَما

رُفِعَ اللِواءُ لَهَ وَبِئسَ المَلحَقُ

To the tribe of Qays, or to ʿUdhra, after

The standard was raised for her? Wretched is that refuge.

وَاِسأَل حُذَيفَةَ حينَ أَرَّشَ بَيْننا

حَرباً ذَوائِبُها بِمَوتٍ تَخفِقُ

And ask Hudhayfa, when he kindled between us

A war whose tresses flutter with death.

فَلتَعلَمَنَّ إِذا اِلتَقَت فُرْسانُنَا

بِلِوى النُجَيرَةِ أَنَّ ظَنَّكَ أَحمَقُ

You shall surely know, when our horsemen meet

At Liwā al-Nujayra, that your judgment was foolish.