فسائلْ بسَعدَيَّ في خِندفٍ

وقيسٍ ، وعندكَ تبيانها

With Sa'd's mounted riders at Khindif

And with Qais, you know their abode,

وإنْ تسألِ الحيَّ من وائلٍ

تنبئكَ عجلٌ ، وشيبانها

And if you ask Al-Hayy from Wail

A young camel will inform you, and its old one too.

بوادِي جَدُودَ ، وقَد غُودِرَتْ

بصيقِ السَّنابكِ أعطانها

At the valleys of Jadood, now desolated

By the neighing of the horse stallions

بأرعنَ ، كالطودِ ، من وائئلٍ

يَؤُمُّ الثُّغورَ ، يَعْتانُها

With mounted knights, like pillars from Wail

Guarding the frontiers, roaming them

تكادُ له الأرضُ ، منْ رزهِ

إذا سار ، ترجفُ أركانها

The earth nearly shakes for him out of veneration

When he walks, its pillars tremble

قداميسُ ، يقدمها الحوافزانُ

وأَبجَرُ ، تَخفِقُ عِقبانُها

Qadamis leads them, driven by motivation

And Abjar, whose heels flutter

وجَثّام ، إِذ سارَ في قَومهِ

سَفاها إِلَينا ، وحُمرانُها

And Jaththam, when he walked among his people

He brought us foolishness, and his red camels

وتغلبُ ، إذ حربها لاقحٌ

تُشَبُّ ، وتُسعَرُ نِيرانُها

And Taghlib, when the enemy of Laqeeh fought it

It raged, and its fires blazed

غداةَ أتانا صريخُ الرّبابِ

ولم يكُ يصلحُ خذلانها

The morning the sound of drums reached us

With no regard for abandoning it

صَرِيخٌ لضَبَّةَ ، يَومَ الهُذَيلِ

وضَبَّةُ تُردَفُ نِسوانُها

A cry for Dhabbah, the day of Hudhail

And Dhabbah returns the wailing of its women

تداركهمْ ، والضُّحى غدوةٌ ،

خناذيذُ تشعلُ أعطانها

They took them by surprise, and the dawn was a raid

The kindling fires of the warriors' quarters

بأُسدٍ منَ الفِرزِ ، غُلْبِ الرِّقابِ

مصاليتَ ، لم يخشَ إدهانها

With lions from the horsemen, vanquishers of necks

Unafraid, did not dread its inflammation

فحَطَّ الرَّبِيعَ فَتًى شَرمَحٌ

أَخوذُ الرَّغائبِ ، مَصنانُها

So it destroyed a blooming youth, Sharmadh

Whose desires were boundless, well-bred his pedigree

فقاظُ ، وفي الجيدِ مشهورةٌ

يُغَنِّيهِ في الغُلِّ إِرنانُها

Qadim leads them, and fame is known upon his neck

Which his twisted and curled hair-locks sing of