لَقَد قُلتُ لِلنُعمانِ يَومَ لَقيتُهُ

يُريدُ بَني حُنَّ بِبُرقَةِ صادِرِ

I said to Nu'man when I met him,

He wants to attack Bani Hunn in Burqah,

تَجَنَّب بَني حُنَّ فَإِنَّ لِقائَهُم

كَريهٌ وَإِن لَم تَلقَ إِلّا بِصابِرِ

Avoid Bani Hunn for meeting them is hateful,

Even if you meet only the patient among them.

عِظامُ اللُهى أَولادُ عُذرَةَ إِنَّهُم

لَهاميمُ يَستَلهونَها بِالحَناجِرِ

O Allah, children of Udhrah are fierce,

They grab it with their throats.

وَهُم مَنَعوا وادي القُرى مِن عَدوِّهِم

بِجَمعٍ مُبيرٍ لِعَدوِّ المُكاثِرِ

They prevented the enemy from Wadi al-Qura

With a large, experienced army against the arrogant enemy.

مِنَ الوارِداتِ الماءِ بِالقاعِ تَستَقي

بِأَعجازِها قَبلَ اِستِقاءِ الخَناجِرِ

The she-camels drink water in the valley

With their chests before the throats.

بُزاخِيَّةٍ أَلوَت بِليفٍ كَأَنَّهُ

عِفاءُ قِلاصٍ طارَ عَنها تَواجِرُ

Buzakhiyya camels, colored with fibers as if

It is the wool of a ram that has shed its coat.

صِغارِ النَوى مَكنوزَةٍ لَيسَ قِشرُها

إِذا طارَ قِشرُ التَمرِ عَنها بِطائِرِ

Small date fruits stored whose peel

Flies off like birds when the date peels off.

هُمُ طَرَدوا عَنها بَليّاً فَأَصبَحَت

بَليٌّ بِوادٍ مِن تِهامَةَ غائِرِ

They were driven away from it with affliction, so it became

Affliction in a valley of Tihama lying hidden.

وَهُم مَنَعوها مِن قُضاعَةَ كُلِّها

وَمِن مُضَرَ الحَمراءِ عِندَ التَغاوُرِ

They prevented it from all of Quda'a

And from red Mudar during discord.

وَهُم قَتَلوا الطائِيَّ بِالحَجرِ عَنوَةً

أَبا جابِرٍ وَاِستَنكَحوا أُمَّ جابِرِ

They killed Tai violently,

Abu Jabir, and married Umm Jabir by force.