صَبَحتُ حَيَّ بَني الجَرّارِ داهِيَةً

صَبَحتُ حَيَّ بَني الجَرّارِ داهِيَةً

ما أَن لِتَغلِبَ بَعدَ اليَومَ جَرّارُ

ما أَن لِتَغلِبَ بَعدَ اليَومَ جَرّارُ

I brought calamity at dawn upon the clan of Banu al-Jarrar.

I woke up alive, O Jarir, with a piercing wit,

After today, Taghlib has no Jarrar.

No jarir can overcome me anymore,

نَحوي النِهابُ وَنَحوي كُلَّ جارِيَةٍ

نَحوي النِهابُ وَنَحوي كُلَّ جارِيَةٍ

كَأَنَّ نِقبَتَها في الخَدِّ دينارُ

كَأَنَّ نِقبَتَها في الخَدِّ دينارُ

Toward me come the spoils, and toward me every maiden,

My eloquence rushes toward me, as does every maiden,

As though the mark upon her cheek were a dinar.

As if her dimple were a golden dinar.