وَتَظَلُّ عَبلَةُ في الخُدورِ تَجُرُّها

وَأَظَلُّ في حَلَقِ الحَديدِ المُبهَمِ

And Abla remains in the inner chambers, dragging her garment,

While I remain in the grip of obscure iron.

يا عَبلَ لَو أَبصَرتِني لَرَأَيتِني

في الحَربِ أُقدِمُ كَالهِزَبرِ الضَيغَمِ

O Abla, if you could see me, you would see me

In war, attacking like a restless young camel.

وَصِغارُها مِثلُ الدَبى وَكِبارُها

مِثلُ الضَفادِعِ في غَديرٍ مُقحَمِ

Their small ones are like lizards and their large ones

Are like frogs in a muddy pond.

يَدعونَ عَنتَرَ وَالدُروعُ كَأَنَّها

حَدَقُ الضَفادِعِ في غَديرٍ أَدهَمِ

They call on Antar, and their armors are as if

They are the eyelids of frogs in a murky pond.

تَسعى حَلائِلُنا إِلى جُثمانِهِ

بِجَنى الأَراكِ تَفيئَةً وَالشَبرُمِ

Our plunderers hasten to his corpse

For spoils, with the horses' halters trailing.

فَأَرى مَغانِمَ لَو أَشاءُ حَوَيتُها

فَيَصُدُّني عَنها كَثيرُ تَحَشُّمي

I see spoils which, if I wished, I could seize,

But my great modesty holds me back from them.