وَلَأَصدُقَنَّ إِلى حُذَيفَةَ مِدحَتي

لِفَتى اليَسارِ وَفارِسِ الأَجرافِ

I will surely direct my praise to Hudhayfah

For the left-handed knight and horseman of the rugged lands

مَأوى الضَريكِ إِذا الرِياحُ تَناوَحَت

ضَخمُ الدَسيعَةِ مِحلَبٍ مِتلافِ

Shelter for the weak when the winds blow

Massive builder of the lofty, unified tribe

مَن لا يَزالُ يَكُبُّ كُلَّ ثَقيلَةٍ

كَوماءَ غَيرُ مُسائِلٍ مِتلافِ

One who never ceases to fell every difficulty

Like abundant, relentless rain

رَحبَ المَباءَةَ وَالجِنابَ مَوطِئاً

مَأوى لِكُلِّ مُعَتَّقٍ سَوّافِ

Of expansive dignity and honor, a dwelling

Shelter for every freed servant and wanderer

فَسَقى الغَوادي رَمسَكَ اِبنَ مُكَدَّمٍ

مِن صَوبِ كُلِّ مُجَلجِلٍ وَكّافِ

He gave drink to the valleys from your stroke, O Ibn Mikdam

From the direction of each rumbling, striking cloud

أَبلِغ بَني بَكرٍ وَخَصَّ فَوارِساً

لُحِفوا المَلامَةَ دونَ كُلِّ لِحافِ

Convey to the Bani Bakr and distinguish the knights

They donned blame before any wraps

أَسلَمتُمُ حَذَرَ الطِعانِ أَخاكُمُ

بَينَ الكُدَيدِ وَقُلَّةَ الأَعرافِ

You surrendered, wary of the criticizer, your brother

Between al-Kudayd and the sparse hillsides

حَتّى هَوى مُتَزايِلاً أَوصالَهُ

لِلخَدِّ بَينَ جَنادِلٍ وَقِفافِ

Until he fell, his joints dislocated

For the cheek between the cutlasses and precipices

لِلَّهِ دَرُّ بَني عَليٍّ إِنَّهُم

لَم يَثأَروا عَوفاً وَحَيَّ خِفافِ

Praise be to the house of ‘Ali - they

Did not avenge ‘Auf and the living lightly-armed