لا زالَ كَعبٌ يَستَهِلُّ دُموعَهُ

لِلهالِكينَ مُجَدَّعاً لا يَسمَعُ

Ka'b still sheds tears

Mourning the slain, though he cannot hear.

فَلَقَد رَأَيتُ بِبَطنِ بَدرٍ مِنهُمُ

قَتلى تَسِحُّ لَها العُيونُ وَتَدمَعُ

I saw in the valley of Badr among them

Corpses washed by tears that flow and fall.

فَاِبكِ فَقَد أَبكَيتَ عَبداً راضِعاً

شِبهَ الكُلَيبِ إِلى الكُلَيبَةِ يَنزِعُ

Weep, for you wept over an infant

Who clung to his wet nurse as one in thrall.

وَلَقَد شَفى الرَحمَنُ مِنّا سَيِّداً

وَأَهانَ قَوماً قاتَلوهُ وَصُرِّعوا

The Merciful has healed for us a lord,

And shamed a people who attacked and slew.

وَنَجا وَأَفلَتَ مِنهُمُ مُتَسَرِّعاً

فَلُّ قَليلٌ هارِبٌ يُتَمَزَّعُ

He escaped, by speed outdistancing

The few left scattered, turned in disarray.

وَنَجا وَأَفلَتَ مِنهُمُ مَن قَلبُهُ

شَعفٌ يَظَلُّ لِخَوفِهِ يَتَصَدَّعُ

He escaped, whose heart in fear

Cleft, though courage it will not display.