هَل سَرَّ أَولادَ اللَقيطَةِ أَنَّنا
سِلمٌ غَداةَ فَوارِسِ المِقدادِ
Did the sons of Al-Liqa'a rejoice
When we were, at dawn, lances for Al-Miqdad?
كُنّا ثَمانِيَةً وَكانوا جَحفَلاً
لَجِباً فَشُلّوا بِالرِماحِ بَدادِ
We were eight while they were a horde
Rough, who failed with spears of misfortune.
لَوْلا الّذي لاقَت وَمَس نُسورَها
بِجَنوبِ سايَةَ أَمسِ بِالتَقوادِ
Were it not for Him whom her eagles met
At the south of Sayya yesterday feeding,
أَفنى دَوابِرَها وَلاحَ مُتونَها
يَومٌ تُقادُ بِهِ وَيَومُ طِرادِ
Who destroyed their battalions and glistened their backs
A day when they are driven and a day pursued,
لَلَقينَكُم يَحمِلنَ كُلَّ مُدَجَّجٍ
حامي الحَقيقَةِ ماجِدِ الأَجدادِ
You would have met us carrying every armed man
Protector of the truth, glorious like forefathers.
كُنّا مِنَ الرَسَلِ الَّذينَ يَلونَكُم
إِذ تَقذِفونَ عِنانَ كُلِّ جَوادِ
We were the messengers who preceded you
When you unleashed the reins of every steed.
كَلّا وَرَبِّ الراقِصاتِ إِلى مِنىً
وَالجائِبينَ مَخارِمَ الأَطوادِ
No, by the Lord of those swaying to Minna
And the bringers of sacrifices on litter,
حَتّى نُبيلَ الخَيلَ في عَرَصاتِكُم
وَنَؤوبَ بِالمَلِكاتِ وَالأَولادِ
Until we train horses in your horse-pastures
And return with the queens and children,
زَهواً بِكُلِّ مُقَلِّصٍ وَطِمِرَّةٍ
في كُلِّ مُعتَرَكٍ عَطَفنَ وَوادِ
Boasting of every coward and sly one
In every battlefield we turned and valley,
فَكَذاكَ إِنَّ جِيادَنا مَلبونَةٌ
وَالحَربُ مُشعَلَةٌ بِريحِ غَوادِ
So our steeds are high-spirited
And war is kindled with the winds of misfortune,
وَسُيوفُنا بيضُ الحَدائِدِ تَجتَلي
جُنَنَ الحَديدِ وَهامَةَ المُرتادِ
Our white-bladed swords flash
The madness of iron and resolve of the frequenter of the battlefields.
أَخَذَ الإِلَهُ عَلَيهِمُ لِحَرامِهِ
وَلِعِزَّةِ الرَحمَنِ بِالأَسدادِ
God took a vow against them for violating His taboo
And the Honour of the Merciful with contracts.
كانوا بِدارٍ ناعِمينَ فَبُدِّلوا
أَيّامَ ذي قَرَدٍ وُجوهَ عِبادِ
They were living comfortably in a house but were changed
To faces of monkeys and servants of Jurud.
