خابَت بَنو أَسَدٍ وَآبَ عَزِيزُهُمْ

يَومَ القَليبِ بِسَوءَةٍ وَفُضوحِ

The sons of Asad were disappointed, and their dear one perished,

On the day of Al-Qalib, in ignominy and disgrace.

إِذ هُم بِمَعرَكَةٍ تُخاضُ دِمائُهُم

تَصلى الخُدودُ بِذِلَّةٍ وَقُبوحِ

When they were in a battle in which their blood was shed,

The cheeks kissing the ground in humiliation and ugliness.

مِنهُم أَبو العاصي تَجَدَّلَ مُقعَصاً

عَن ظَهرِ صادِقَةِ النَجاءِ سَبوحِ

Among them was Abu Al-‘Âṣî, who fell prostrate,

From the back of Ṣâdiqah, the she-camel with a smooth gait.

أُفٍّ لَهُ مِن قاذِفٍ بِسِلاحِهِ

لَمّا ثَوى كَنَعامَةٍ مَذبوحِ

Shame on the one who shot him with his weapon,

When he fell like a slaughtered ostrich.

وَالمَرءَ زَمعَةَ قَد تَرَكنَ وَنَحرُهُ

يَدمى بِعانِدِ مُعبَطٍ مَسفوحِ

And Al-Mar’ Zam‘ah abandoned and slaughtered,

Bleeding from the sword of a stubborn, pouring enemy.

مُتَوَسِّداً حُرَّ الجَبينِ مُعَفَّراً

قَد عُرَّ مارِنُ أَنفِهِ بِقُيوحِ

Resting his hot forehead, colored with dust,

The tip of his nose exposed from the flames.

وَنَجا اِبنُ قَيسٍ في بَقِيَّةِ يَومِهِ

وَبِهِ الرِماقُ مُوَلِّياً بِجُروحِ

And the son of Qais survived for the rest of the day,

The spears turning away from him, though injured.