فإن تك حربكم أمست عواناً
فأني لم أكن ممن جناها
If your war has now become seasoned by repeated fighting,
for I was not among those who brought it on.
ولكن ولدُ سودة أرثوها
وحشّوا نارها لمن اصطلاها
Rather, the sons of Sawdāʾ stirred it up
and fed its fire for whoever would warm himself at it.
قاني غيرُ خاذلكم ولكن
سأسعى الآن إذ بلغت مداها
[Deep-crimson?]—I am not one to fail you; rather,
I shall strive now that it has reached its furthest bound.
Sol 5.6