Sol 6.1

  1. أَمَرتُ بَني البَرصاءَ يَومَ حُزابَةٍ

    بِأَمرٍ جَميعٍ لَم تَشَتَّت مَصادِرُه

    I commanded the sons of al-Barsa' on the day of Huzabah

    with a concerted plan whose courses did not diverge,

  2. بَشَولِ ابنِ مَعروفٍ وَحَسّانَ بَعدَما

    جَرى لِيَ يُمنٌ فَد بَدا لي طائِرُهُ

    concerning the dry she-camels of Ibn Ma'ruf and Hassan, after

    good fortune came my way; its omen-bird had appeared to me.

  3. أَيَرجِعُ حُرُّ دونَ جَرمٍ وَلَم يَكُن

    طِعانٌ وَلا ضَربٌ يُذَعذَعُ عاسِرُه

    Will a freeborn man turn back short of Jarm, when there has been

    no spear-fighting or blows to scatter its stubborn foes?

  4. فَأَذهَبَ عَيني يَومَ سَفحِ سَفيرَةٍ

    دُعيجُ بنُ سَيفٍ أَعوَزَتهُ مَعاذِرُه

    Then, at the foot of Safirah that day, my eye was put out

    by Du'ayj son of Sayf; his excuses failed him.

  5. وَلَمّا رَأَيتُ الشَولَ قَد حالَ دونَها

    مِنَ الهَضبِ مُغبَرٌ عَنيفٌ عَمائِرُه

    And when I saw the dry she-camels, barring access to them was

    a dust-grey stretch of hills, fierce in its clans,

  6. وَأَعرَضَ رُكنٌ مِن سَفيرَةَ يُتَّقى

    بِشُمِّ الذُرا لا يَعبُدُ اللَهَ عامِرُه

    and a spur of Safirah loomed, to be feared

    for its lofty summits—its inhabitants do not worship God—

  7. أَخَذتَ بَني سَيفٍ وَمالِكَ مَوقِعٍ

    بِما جَرَّ مَولاهُم وَجَرَّت جَرائِرُه

    you punished the sons of Sayf and Malik of Mawqi'

    for what their ally had brought about, and what his misdeeds had brought.

  8. وَلَو أَنَّ رِجلي يَومَ فَرَّ اِبنُ جَوشَنٍ

    عَلِقنَ اِبنَ ظَبي أَعوَزَتهُ مَغاوِرُه

    And had my feet, on the day Ibn Jawshan fled,

    caught Ibn Zaby, his caves would have failed him.