ما بالُ شِربِ بَني الدَلَنطى ثابِتاً

وَكَأَنَّ وارِدَنا يُرى في تُرخَمِ

What is with the drinking of the people of Dalanta, steadfast,

As if our watering place appears in the ruins,

عَطَفَت تُيوسُ بَني طُهَيَّةَ بَعدَما

رُوِيَت وَما نَهِلَت لِقاحُ الأَعلَمِ

Tuyus inclined the people of Tuhayya after

It was watered, and the meadows of Al-A'lam did not get rain,

صَدَرَت مُحَلَّأَةَ الجَوازِ فَأَصبَحَت

بِالثَأيَتَينِ حَنينُها كَالمَأتَمِ

It crossed the passes, so its yearning with the two plains became like bereavement,

If one like you of winds had settled among us

لَو حَلَّ مِثلَكَ مِن رِياحٍ وَسطَنا

جاراً لَكانَ جِوارُهُ في مَحرَمِ

As a neighbor, his neighborhood would have been sacred,

Prophecy was not found in winds

ما كانَ يوجَدُ في رِياحٍ نَبوَةٌ

عِندَ الجِوارِ وَلا بِضيقِ المَقدَمِ

When being a neighbor or in the narrowness of the welcome,

Who robbed the tyrants, their courage magnified them,

السالِبينَ عَنِ الجَبابِرِ بَزَّهُم

وَالخَيلُ تَحجُلُ في الغُبارِ وَفي الدَمِ

And the horses paw the ground in dust and in blood,

And the horses tell of winds that they

وَالخَيلُ تُخبِرُ عَن رِياحٍ أَنَّهُم

نِعمَ الفَوارِسُ في الغُبارِ الأَقتَمِ

Are excellent knights in the darkest dust.