وَلَدَت بَنو حُرثانَ فَرخَ مُحَرِّقٍ
بِلِوى الوَضيعَةِ مُرتَجَ الأَبوابِ
The sons of Hurthan bore a blazing torch
At the dishonored assemblies with unbolted doors
لا تَسقِني بِيَدَيكَ إِن لَم أَلتَمِس
نَعَمَ الضَجوعِ بِغارَةٍ أَسرابِ
Do not give me drink with your hands unless I seek
The bounty of meadows with plundered cattle
تَهدي أَوائِلَهُنَّ كُلُّ طِمِرَّةٍ
جَرداءَ مِثلِ هِراوَةِ الأَعزابِ
Their first ones guide every roaming camel
Bare like the gazelles of single men
وَمُقَطِّعٍ حَلَقَ الرِحالَةِ سابِحٍ
بادٍ نَواجِذُهُ عَلى الأَظرابِ
And the cleaver of the throats of swimmers wandering
With snarling fangs upon the hillsides
يَخرُجنَ مِن خَلَلِ الغُبارِ عَوابِساً
تَحتَ العَجاجَةِ في الغُبارِ الكابي
They come forth from the midst of dust wrathfully
Beneath the dust veil in the accumulating dust
وَإِذا الأَسِنَّةُ أُشرِعَت لِنُحورِها
أَبدَينَ حَدَّ نَواجِذِ الأَنيابِ
And when their blades are bared for their throats
They show the sharp edges of canine teeth
يَحمِلنَ فِتيانَ الوَغى مِن جَعفَرٍ
شُعثاً كَأَنَّهُمُ أُسودُ الغابِ
They carry the youths of calamity from Ja’far
Disheveled as if they are the black of thickets
وَمُدَجَّجينَ تَرى المَغاوِلَ وَسطَهُم
وَذُبابَ كُلِّ مُهَنَّدٍ قِرضابِ
And you see spears amidst them
And flies upon each growling tattered garment
يَرعَونَ مُنخَرِقَ اللَديدِ كَأَنَّهُم
في العِزِّ أُسرَةُ حاجِبٍ وَشِهابِ
They pasture the oozing of wounds as if they
In glory are the elite guards of the noble lords
أَبَني كِلابٍ كَيفَ تُنفى جَعفَرٌ
وَبَنو ضُبَينَةَ حاضِرو الأَجبابِ
Oh sons of dogs how can Ja’far be denied
And the clan of Dubyana present at the assembly
قَتَلوا اِبنَ عُروَةَ ثُمَّ لَطّوا دونَهُ
حَتّى نُحاكِمَهُم إِلى جَوّابِ
They killed the son of ‘Urwa then hastened without him
Until we judge them to answer
بَينَ اِبنِ قُطرَةَ وَاِبنِ هاتِكِ عَرشِهِ
ما إِن يَجودُ لِوافِدٍ بِخِطابِ
Between the son of Qutra and son of Hatik his throne
What generosity to a petitioner with address
قَومٌ لَهُم عَرَفَت مَعَدٌّ فَضلَها
وَالحَقُّ يَعرِفُهُ ذَوُو الأَلبابِ
A people whose excellence Madan knows
And truth is known by the wise
