1. ومَن كانَ لا تُعتَدُّ أيّامُهُ لهُ

    فأيّامُنَا عَنَّا تُجَلِّي ، وتُعرِبُ

    And if a man's days are not reckoned to his credit,

    our days reveal us and speak plainly for us.

  2. جَعلَنا لَهمْ ما بَينَ كُتلةَ رَوحةً

    إلى حيثُ أوفى صوَّتيهِ مثقَّبُ

    We made the stretch from Kutlah an evening's march for them,

    to where Muthaqqab rises above its twin cairns.

  3. غداةَ تركنا في الغبار ابن جحدرٍ

    صَرِيعا ، وأطرافُ العَوالي تَصَبَّبُ

    On the morning we left Ibn Jahdar in the dust,

    struck down, while the tips of the long spears dripped.

  4. وأفلتَ منا الحوفزانُ ، كأنَّهُ

    برهوةَ قرنٌ ، أفلتَ الخيلَ ، أعضبُ

    And al-Hawfazan escaped us, as though he were

    at Rahwah, a broken-horned wild bull that had escaped the horses.

  5. غداةَ رغامِ ، حين ينجو بطعنةٍ

    سؤوقِ المنايا ، قد تزلُّ وتعطبُ

    On the morning at Rugham, when he escaped with a spear-wound—

    a death-driving thrust that may glance aside or kill.

  6. لَقُوا مِثلَ ما لاقَى اللُّجَيمِيُّ قَبلَهُ

    قتادةُ ، لمَّا جاءنا وهو يطلبُ

    They met the same fate al-Lujaymi had met before him—

    Qatadah, when he came to us in pursuit.

  7. فآبَ إل حجرٍ ، وقد فضَّ جمعهُ ،

    بأخبثِ ما يأتي به متأوّبُ

    Then he returned to Hajr, his host already scattered,

    with the worst that a returning traveler could bring.

  8. وقد نالَ حدُّ السيفِ منْ حرّ وجههِ

    إلى حيثُ ساوى أنفهُ المتنقَّبُ

    And the sword's edge had cut into the front of his face,

    as far as where his nose lay level with the veiled part.

  9. وجشَّامةُ الذُّهليُّ ، قد وسجتْ به

    إِلى أهلِنا مَخزومةٌ ، وهْوَ مُحقَبُ

    And Jashshamah al-Dhuhli was carried at a trot

    to our people by a nose-bridled she-camel, while he was bound behind the saddle.

  10. تَعَرَّفُهُ وسْطَ البُيوتِ مُكَبَّلاً

    ربائبُ ، من أحسابِ شيبانَ تثقبُ

    Among the tents, they recognize him in fetters—

    maidens of Shayban's shining noble lineages.

  11. وهوذةَ نجَّى ، بعدَ ما مالَ رأسهُ ،

    يَمانٍ ، إذا ما خالَطَ العَظمَ ، مِخدَبُ

    And Hawdhah was saved after his head had been tilted

    by a Yemeni blade that rends whenever it meets bone.

  12. فأَمسَكَهُ ، مِن بَعدِ ما مال رأسُهُ

    حِزامٌ على ظَهرِ الأغَرِّ ، وقَيقَبُ

    So, after his head had slumped, he was held fast

    by a girth on al-Agharr's back and a wooden saddle.

  13. غداةَ كأنَّ ابني لجيمِ ويشكراً

    نعامٌ ، بصحراءِ الكديدينِ ، هرَّبُ

    On the morning when Lujaym's two sons and Yashkur seemed

    like ostriches fleeing in panic in the desert of al-Kadidayn.