1. لَحَربٌ شَمَّرَت بِلوى قُدَيسٍ

    أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِن دَعَةِ البَراحِ

    Indeed, a war raging at the sand-bend of Qudays

    is dearer to me than ease in open country.

  2. وَضَربُ كَتيبَةٍ وَطَعانُ أُخرى

    أَلَذُّ إِلَيَّ مِن لَبَنِ اللِقاحِ

    And striking one battalion and spearing another

    is sweeter to me than the milk of milch camels.

  3. وَيَومٌ تَذهَلُ الأَلبابُ فيهِ

    أَقَمتُ عَلى خَواليهِ البِطاحِ

    And a day when minds are bewildered—

    I held my ground upon its empty, level plains.

  4. فَلَلتُ جُموعَهُ وَالخَيلُ زورٌ

    تَمُجُّ الأَني أَو عَلَقَ الجِراحُ

    I routed its hosts while the horses swerved,

    the wounds spewing blood or clots.