غَدا أَهلُ حِضنَي ذي المَجازِ بِسُحرَةٍ

وَجارُ اِبنِ حَربٍ بِالمُحَصَّبِ ما يَغدو

Tomorrow the people of the valley of metaphor will leave before dawn

While the neighbor of Ibn Harb remains in the fortified dwelling

كَساكَ هِشامُ بنُ الوَليدِ ثِيابَهُ

فَأَبلِ وَأَخلِف مِثلَها جُدُداً بَعدُ

Like the clothes of Hisham ibn al-Walid

So carry out and procure the likes of them anew afterwards

قَضى وَطَراً مِنها فَأَصبَحَ عادِياً

وَأَصبَحتَ رِخواً ما تَخُبُّ وَما تَعدو

He accomplished a pressing need for them, so he began the day unencumbered

While you began the day relaxed, neither shrinking nor exceeding

فَلَو أَنَّ أَشياخاً بِبَدرٍ شُهودُهُ

لَبَلَّ مُتونِ الخَيلِ مُعتَبَطٌ وَردُ

If only the elders at Badr, whose presence bore witness,

Could see the saddles of the horses cinched and returning

فَما مَنَعَ العَيرُ الضَروطُ ذِمارَهُ

وَما مَنَعَت مَخزاةَ والِدِها هِندُ

Nothing prevented the camel train their repaired waterskin

Nor did Hind prevent her father's sword in its sheath