Claude 2

  1. حَلَفتُ بِرَبِّ مَكَّةَ وَالمُصَلّى

    وَأَعناقِ الهَدِيِّ مُقَلَّداتِ

    I swear by the Lord of Mecca and the praying-place,

    And the necks of the sacrifices, decked with ornaments,

  2. لَقَد قَلَّدتُ جِلفَ بَني كُلَيبٍ

    قَلائِدَ في السَوالِفِ باقِياتِ

    Verily I have decked the tribe of Jalf with necklaces

    In the raids everlasting.

  3. قَلائِدَ لَيسَ مِن ذَهَبٍ وَلَكِن

    مَواسِمَ مِن جَهَنَّمَ مَنضِجاتِ

    Necklaces not of gold, but rather

    Seasons from hell well baked.

  4. فَكَيفَ تَرى عَطِيَّةَ حينَ يَلقى

    عِظاماً هامُهُنَّ قُراسِياتِ

    How then, think you, will Atiyya fare when he meets

    Bones whose skulls the heirs have cleft?

  5. قُروماً مِن بَني سُفيانَ صيداً

    طُوالاتِ الشَقاشِقِ مُصعِباتِ

    Skulls of the sons of Sufyan I made my quarry,

    Tall mountain maidens with scratches bleeding.

  6. تَرى أَعناقَهُنَّ وَهُنَّ صيدٌ

    عَلى أَعناقِ قَومِكَ سامِياتِ

    You will see their necks, a prey

    On the necks of your tribes exalted high.

  7. فَرُم بِيَدَيكَ هَل تَسطيعُ نَقلاً

    جِبالاً مِن تِهامَةَ راسِياتِ

    Strive then with your hands, can you transport

    Mountains from Tehama firmly based?

  8. وَأَبصِر كَيفَ تَنبو بِالأَعادي

    مَناكِبُها إِذا قُرِعَت صَفاتي

    And discern you how the horsemen foretell to their enemies

    When their bridles shake in the hard, bold onset.

  9. وَإِنَّكَ واجِدٌ دوني صَعوداً

    جَراثيمَ الأَقارِعِ وَالحُتاتِ

    Verily you will find, after me, ascent

    To the snake-holes easier for thee, and smoothing of the paths.

  10. وَلَستَ بِنائِلٍ بَبَني كُلَيبٍ

    أُرومَتَنا إِلى يَومِ المَماتِ

    Nor will you attain, after the sons of Kulaib,

    Our hereditary conquests until the day of doom.

  11. وَجَدتِ لِدارِمٍ قَومي بُيوتاً

    عَلى بُنيانِ قَومِكَ قاهِراتِ

    For Damem's people I found dwellings

    Over against the dwellings of your people, overwhelming.

  12. دُعِمنَ بِحاجِبٍ وَاِبنَي عِقالٍ

    وَبِالقَعقاعِ تَيّارِ الفُراتِ

    By a brow reproving when it lightens, by sons of Ma'dd,

    By the Ka'ka' girding them round, by young camels grazing on the Furat's banks,

  13. وَصَعصَعَةَ المُجيرِ عَلى المَنايا

    بِذِمَّتِهِ وَفَكّاكِ العُناةِ

    By the Mujir's rock when the hunters quaked beneath it and raised loud cries,

    By him to whom souls quick to avenge cleave in trouble,

  14. وَصاحِبِ صَوأَرٍ وَأَبي شُرَيحٍ

    وَسَلمى مِن دَعائِمَ ثابِتاتِ

    By him of Shawar and Abu Shuraih,

    By columns among houses firm based and supporting households!