أَبَى الضَّيْمَ فَاسْتَلَّ الْحُسَامَ وَأَصْحَرَا

وَذُو الْحِلْمِ إِنْ سِيمَ الْهَوَانَ تَنَمَّرَا

He refused humiliation, so he unsheathed his sword,

And the forbearing man, if branded by disgrace, becomes enraged.

وَطَارَتْ بِهِ فِي مُلْتَقَى الْخَيْلِ عَزْمَةٌ

أَعَادَتْ جَبِينَ الصُّبْحِ بِالنَّقْعِ أَكْدَرَا

In the battlefield, determination carried him,

Restoring the radiant morning's face with blows of the spear.

فَرَدَّ ذُبَابَ الْمَشْرَفيِّ مُثَلَّماً

وَغَادَرَ صَدْرَ السَّمْهَرِيِّ مُكَسَّرَا

He repelled the flies of Mashrafiyy, all torn up,

And left the chest of Samhariyy shattered.

جِلادُ امْرِئٍ آلَى بِقَائِمِ سَيْفِهِ

عَلَى الْمَجْدِ أَنْ يُولِيهِ نَصْرَاً مُؤَزَّرَا

The whip of a man who with his upright sword

Swore that glory would grant him a wrapped victory.

جَدِيرٌ إِذَا مَا هَمَّ أَنْ يَكْسُوَ الْقَنَا

وَبِيضَ الظُّبَا ثَوْباً مِنَ الدَّمِ أَحْمَرَا

Worthy, when he decided, to clothe the spears

And the white horses with a garment of blood, red.

وَمَا كُلُّ مَنْ سَاسَ الأَعِنَّةَ فَارِسَاً

وَلا كُلُّ مَنْ نَاشَ الأَسِنَّةَ قَسْوَرَا

Not everyone who wields reins is a horseman,

Nor everyone who brandishes tongues, a knight.