لَقينا بِالفِراضِ جُموعَ رومٍ

وَفُرسٍ غَمَّها طولُ السَلامِ

At Al-Firaz we met hordes of Romans,

And Persians, worn down by protracted truce.

أَبدَنا جَمعَهُم لَمّا التَقَينا

وَبَيَّتنا بِجَمعِ بَني رِزامِ

We mustered all our forces when we met them,

And bivouacked with the Banu Rizam.

فَما فَتِئَت جُنودُ السِلمِ حَتّى

رَأَينا القَومَ كَالغَنمِ السَوامِ

Not for an instant did the peace troops rest

Until we made those hordes like docile sheep.