سَلِ الناسَ هَل هَزَّت فَوارِسَنا الوَغى

عَشِيَّةَ أَوطَأنا فَوارِسَنا عَمرا

Ask the people, did our steeds shake the tumult

In the evening when we rode our steeds to Umar

عَلى حَنَقٍ لِلخَيلِ مِن كُلِّ جانِبٍ

عَوابِسَ بِالفِتيانِ تُقحِمُها زَجرا

Eager horses from every side

Glowering with the young men who drive them on sternly

إِذا اِنكَشَفَت عَنها عَجاجَةُ مَعرَكٍ

لِحينِ تُعاديها بَدَت حَولَها شُقرا

When the dust of battle parted before them

They appeared circled by blondness for a time

هَجَرنا لَبونَ الحَربِ لِلطالِبِ القِرى

لَنَبلى فيمَن كانَ يَخبِطُنا عُذرا

We abandoned the milk of war for the seeker of dwellings

That we may test those who would chide us for excuse

وَكُنّا إِذا ما اِستَمطَرَ الناسُ رَعدَنا

رَعَدنا فَأَمطَرنا مُثَقَّفَةً سُمرا

Whenever people thundered, we thundered

We thundered and rained heavily armed

حَمَينا بِها جاراً وَنِلنا طَوائِلاً

وَنِلنا بِها داراً وَحُزناً بِها وَفرا

With them we defended a neighbor and attained fortunes

With them we attained a home and mourned with them estrangement

نَجودُ بِها في كُلِّ يَوم كَريهَةٍ

لِأَعدائِنا حَتّى يَدينوا لَنا قَسرا

We sacrifice with them on every hated day

Until our enemies submit to us by compulsion

لِيُحمَدَ مَحمودٌ وَيَهلِكَ هالِكٌ

وَفاءً بِعَهدٍ لا نُكَذِّبَهُ غَدرا

That the praiseworthy be praised and the perishable perish

Loyally fulfilling a pact we do not betray treacherously

هُنالِكَ ما نَنفَكُّ نَقتُلُ تارَةً

وَنَلحَقُ أَقواماً فَنَأسِرُهُم أَسرا

There we do not cease to kill at times

And pursue people and take them captive

فَقَد تَرَكَت أَيّامُنا وَسُيوفُنا

وَأَرماحُنا في الذاكِرينَ لَنا ذِكرا

For our days and swords have left

Our spears among those who remember us a memory