Sol 6.1

  1. سائِلوا عَنّا الَّذي يَعرِفُنا

    بِقُوانا يَومَ تَحلاقِ اللِمَم

    Ask about us the one who knows us

    by our strength on the day when locks were shorn,

  2. يَومَ تُبدي البيضُ عَن أَسوقِها

    وَتَلُفُّ الخَيلُ أَعراجَ النَعَم

    the day fair women bare their shins

    and horses round up the herds of livestock.

  3. أَجدَرُ الناسِ بِرَأسٍ صِلدِمٍ

    حازِمِ الأَمرِ شُجاعٍ في الوَغَم

    Of all men, we most deserve a stalwart chief,

    resolute in counsel, courageous in battle,

  4. كامِلٍ يَحمِلُ آلاءَ الفَتى

    نَبِهٍ سَيِّدِ ساداتٍ خِضَم

    complete in virtue, bearing a young man's noble qualities,

    keen-witted, a lord of lords, bountiful.

  5. خَيرُ حَيٍّ مِن مَعَدٍّ عُلِموا

    لِكَفِيٍّ وَلِجارٍ وَاِبنِ عَم

    The finest clan of Maʿadd ever known

    for an ally, a neighbor, and a cousin.

  6. يَجبُرُ المَحروبَ فينا مالَهُ

    بِبِناءٍ وَسَوامٍ وَخَدَم

    Among us, he restores the plundered man's wealth

    with dwellings, grazing herds, and servants.

  7. نُقُلٌ لِلشَحمِ في مَشتاتِنا

    نُحُرٌ لِلنيبِ طُرّادُ القَرَم

    We feast on fat in our winter quarters,

    slaughterers of old she-camels, banishers of meat-craving.

  8. نَزَعُ الجاهِلَ في مَجلِسِنا

    فَتَرى المَجلِسَ فينا كَالحَرَم

    We restrain the fool in our assembly,

    so you see our assembly like the Sanctuary.

  9. وَتَفَرَّعنا مِنِ اِبنَي وائِلٍ

    هامَةَ العِزِّ وَخُرطومَ الكَرَم

    And from Wāʾil's two sons we rose

    to glory's crown and nobility's forefront,

  10. مِن بَني بَكرٍ إِذا ما نُسِبوا

    وَبَني تَغلِبَ ضَرّابي البُهَم

    from the sons of Bakr, when their descent is traced,

    and the sons of Taghlib, smiters of champions.

  11. حينَ يَحمي الناسُ نَحمي سِربَنا

    واضِحي الأَوجُهِ مَعروفي الكَرَم

    When men defend their own, we defend our folk,

    radiant-faced, renowned for generosity,

  12. بِحُساماتٍ تَراها رُسَّباً

    في الضَريباتِ مُتِرّاتِ العُصُم

    with keen swords you see sink deep

    into the bodies they strike, shearing off wrists;

  13. وَفُحولٍ هَيكَلاتٍ وُقُحٍ

    أَعوَجِيّاتٍ عَلى الشَأوِ أُزُم

    and huge-framed, hard-hoofed stallions,

    of Aʿwaj's stock, relentless on the course;

  14. وَقَناً جُردٍ وَخَيلٍ ضُمَّرٍ

    شُزَّبٍ مِن طولِ تَعلاكِ اللُجُم

    and smooth-shafted lances, and lean horses,

    gaunt from long champing at their bits.

  15. أَدَّتِ الصَنعَةُ في أَمتُنِها

    فَهيَ مِن تَحتُ مُشيحاتُ الحُزُم

    Training has done its work upon their backs,

    so they are tucked up beneath the girths.

  16. تَتَّقي الأَرضَ بِرُحٍّ وُقُحٍ

    وُرُقٍ يَقعَرنَ أَنباكَ الأَكَم

    They fend off the ground with broad, hard hooves,

    dusky, gouging the knolls of the hills.

  17. وَتَفَرّى اللَحمُ مِن تَعدائِها

    وَالتَغالي فَهيَ قُبٌّ كَالعَجَم

    And their flesh has worn away through their galloping

    and racing hard; they are lean as fruit stones.

  18. خُلُجُ الشَدِّ مُلِحّاتٌ إِذا

    شالَتِ الأَيدي عَلَيها بِالجِذَم

    Swift in their dash, unflagging when

    hands rise above them with whip-stubs,

  19. قُدُماً تَنضو إِلى الداعي إِذا

    خَلَّلَ الداعي بِدَعوى ثُمَّ عَم

    onward they speed toward the caller when

    the caller singles some out with his summons, then calls all,

  20. بِشَبابٍ وَكُهولٍ نُهُدٍ

    كَلُيوثٍ بَينَ عِرّيسِ الأَجَم

    with youths and middle-aged men, stout of frame,

    like lions in a lair amid the thickets.

  21. نُمسِكُ الخَيلَ عَلى مَكروهِها

    حينَ لا يُمسِكُ إِلّا ذو كَرَم

    We hold the horses firm in what they dread,

    when none holds firm but a man of honor.

  22. نَذَرُ الأَبطالَ صَرعى بَينَها

    تَعكُفُ العِقبانُ فيها وَالرَخَم

    We leave champions lying slain among them,

    where eagles and vultures gather.