صَبَحنا الحَيَّ حَيَّ بَني جِحاشٍ

بِمَكُروثاءَ داهِيَةً نَآدا

We awoke alive, alive O clan of Jihash

In Makroutha, roaring fiercely

فَما جَبُنوا غَداتَئِذٍ وَلَكِن

أُشِبَّ بِهِم فَلَم يَسَعوا الذِيادا

Yet they did not flee that morning, but

Their supplies failed so they could not increase

فَإِن تَكُ أَخطَأَتَ سَعدُ بِنُ بَكرٍ

فَقَد تَرَكَت مَواليها عِبادا

If Sa'd ibn Bakr made a mistake

He left behind his loyal servants

بَني عَوفٍ وَدُهمانَ بِنَ نَصرٍ

وَكانَ اللَهُ فاعِلَ ما أَرادا

The tribes of Awf and Duhman ibn Nasr

And Allah does what He intends

صَبَحناهُم بِجَمعٍ فيهِ أَلفٌ

رَواياهُم يُخَضخِضنَ المَزادا

We came upon them in a horde of a thousand

As they watered their camels at the trough

أَرَبَّت باِلأَكارِعِ وَهيَ تَبغي

رُعاةَ الشاءِ وَالضَأنَ القِهادا

Brandishing their arms seeking

The shepherds and their grazing sheep

فَجُلنا جَولَةً ثُمَّ اِرعَوَينا

وَأَمكَنّا لِمَن شاءَ الجِلادا

We made a tour then turned back

And enabled whoever wanted carnage

بِضَربٍ يُلقِحُ الضِبعانُ مِنهُ

طَروقَتَهُ وَيَأتَنِفُ السِفادا

With blows that impregnate the hyenas

And cause the grey wolves to howl