أَمّا قُرَيشٌ أَبا حَفصٍ فَقَد رُزِئَت
بِالشامِ إِذ فارَقَتكَ البَأسَ وَالمَطَرا
Quraysh mourns over you, Abu Hafs,
When you were befallen by strife, in the Levant,
إِنَّ الأَرامِلَ وَالأَيتامَ إِذ هَلَكوا
وَالخَيلَ إِذ هُزِمَت تَبكي عَلى عُمَرا
When widows and orphans were killed,
And horses were defeated,
ما ماتَ مِثلُ أَبي حَفصٍ لِمَلحَمَةٍ
وَلا لِطالِبِ مَعروفٍ إِذا اِفتَقَرا
None like Abu Hafs has died in battle
Nor for a needy seeker of good has died like Talib
كَم مِن فَوارِسَ قَد نادوا إِذا لَحِقوا
بِالخَيلِ بِاِسمِكَ حَتّى يُطعَموا الظَفَرا
How many valiant cavaliers shouted your name,
Until they tasted victory
لَقَد رُزِئتُم بَني تَيمٍ وَغَيرُكُمُ
عَلى بَوائِبِها الخَيرَينِ مِن مُضَرا
You were scorned, O clans of Taym and others
Over the losses of both Khazraj and Mudar
وَالأَكرَمَينِ إِذا عُدَّت فُروعُهُما
وَالأَنعَشَينِ إِذا مَولاهُما عَثَرا
The most generous when their branches multiplied
And most affluent when their protector stumbled
فَاِبكي هُبِلتِ أَبا حَفصٍ وَصاحِبَهُ
أَبا مُعاذٍ إِذا شُؤبوبُها اِستَعَرا
Weep over the calamity of Abu Hafs and his companion
Abu Muadh when misfortunes befell them
حَربٌ إِذا لَقِحَت كانَ التَمامُ لَها
مِنهُ إِذا نُتِجَتهُ الأَبلَقَ الذَكَرا
A war, once kindled, he would consummate it
When he sired it, the virile stud
كَم مِن جَبانٍ لَدى الهَيجا دَنَوتَ بِهِ
إِلى القِتالِ وَلَولا أَنتَ ما صَبَرا
How many cowards were led by panic unto fighting
Had it not been for you, they would not have endured
مِنهُنَّ أَيّامُ صِدقٍ قَد بُليتَ بِها
أَيّامُ فارِسَ وَالأَيّامُ مِن هَجَرا
Days of loyalty which you endured
Days of cavalier, and days of migration
يا أَيُّها الناسُ لا تَبكوا عَلى أَحَدٍ
بَعدَ الَّذي بِضُمَيرٍ وافَقَ القَدَرا
O people! Weep not for one
Who accepted fate with satisfaction
كانَت يَداهُ يَداً سَيفاً يُعاذُ بِهِ
مِنَ العَدُوِّ وَغَيثاً يُنبِتُ الشَجَرا
His hands were hands that wielded swords for protection
And rain that makes trees grow
تَستَخبِرُ الخَيلَ في الهَيجا إِذا لَحِقَت
وَالمُعتَرونَ قُدورَ الناسِ وَالحَجَرا
They ask the horses about him during battle
And the valiant, the people’s pots and stones
مَن يَقتُلُ الجوعَ بَعدَ اِبنِ الشَهيدِ وَمَن
بِالسَيفِ يَقتُلُ كَبشَ القَومِ إِذ عَكَرا
Who will kill hunger after the martyr’s son
And who by the sword will kill the clan’s ram when it charges
