فَلَم أَنسَهُم يَومَ الخَميسِ وَكَرَّهُم

عَلَيهِ وَيَومَ القَصرِ إِذ حُرِسَ القَصرُ

I could not forget them on Thursday when I disliked

them that day, and on the day of Qasr when the palace was guarded,

وَدَفعَهُمُ الجَعدِيَّ إِذ يَطرُدونَهُ

وَأَدرَكَهُ التَحكيمُ وَالقَصَبُ السُمرُ

and Al-Ja'di repelled them when they were chasing him,

and arbitration overtook him, and the slender reeds.