وَدافَعَ عَنها عَسقَلٌ وَاِبنُ عَسقَلٍ

بِأَعناقِ صُهبٍ ذَبَّبَت كُلَّ خاطِبِ

Ascalon was defended by the son of Ascalon

With the necks of warriors whose swords slew every suitor

إِذا اِستَشفَعوا في أَيِّمٍ شَفَعَت لَهُم

ذُراها وَضَرّاتٌ عِظامُ المَحالِبِ

When they begged for clemency on a day, she was merciful to them

Her sheep and camels were her wealth, the bones of knights

رُقَيعِيَّةٌ خورٌ كَأَنَّ مَخاضَها

عِظامُ قُرومٍ أَو جِبالٍ رَواسِبِ

She is a gazelle with a fawn, as though her birth pangs

Were the bones of ostrich chicks or mountains’ sediments