أَلَم يَنهَ عَنّا حَيُّ فارِسٍ إِنَّنا

مَنَعناهُم مِن رَبعِهِم بِالصَوارِمِ

Did not the living horseman of the Persians forbid us?

We have prevented them from their quarters with swords

وَإِنّا أُناسٌ قَد نُعَوِّدُ خَيلَنا

لِقاءَ الأَعادي بِالحُتوفِ الفَواطِمِ

We are a people who have accustomed our horses

To meet the enemies with piercing blades

وَروزَ قَتَلنا حَيثُ أَرجَفَ خَدُّهُ

وَكُلُّ رَئيسٍ رازَنا بِالعَظائِمِ

And the day we killed wherever his cheek trembled

And every chieftain we struck with great blows

تَرَكنا حَصيداً لا أَنيسَ يجره

وَقَد شَفِيَت أَربابُهُ بِالأَعاجِمِ

We left a barren harvest no friend would drag away

And its masters were cured by the non-Arabs

وَإنّي لَراجي أن تُلاقي جُموعُهُم

غُدَيّا بِإِحدى المُنكَراتِ الصَوارِمِ

And I hope that their groups will encounter

Tomorrow one of the piercing swords

أَلا أَبلِغا أَسماءَ أَنَّ حَلِيلها

قَضى وَطَرا مِن رَوزَبِيِّ الأَعاجِمِ

I will tell Asma that her husband

Perished from the day of battle with the non-Arabs

غَداةَ صَبَحنا في حَصيدٍ جُموعَهُم

بِهِندِيَّةٍ تَفري فِراخَ الجَماجِمِ

The morning we left their groups as a harvest

With an Indian sword that splits open skulls

وَروزَ أَصابَت بِالمَنايا فَأَوجَعَت

سُيوفُ بَني عَمرٍو بِإِحدى العَظائِمِ

And the day the swords of the tribe of Amr

Struck with one of the great calamities