Sol 6.1

  1. أَبلِغ لَدَيكَ بَني الصَيداءَ كُلَّهُمُ

    أَنَّ يَساراً أَتانا غَيرَ مَغلولِ

    Tell all the sons of al-Ṣaydāʾ there with you

    that Yasār came to us unshackled,

  2. وَلا مُهانٍ وَلَكِن عِندَ ذي كَرَمٍ

    وَفي حِبالِ وَفِيٍّ غَيرِ مَجهولِ

    nor humiliated, but in the care of a generous man,

    and within the protective bonds of a faithful, well-known man.

  3. يُعطي الجَزيلَ وَيَسمو وَهوَ مُتَّئِدٌ

    بِالخَيلِ وَالقَومُ في الرَجراجَةِ الجولِ

    He gives lavishly and advances with unhurried calm,

    with the cavalry, while the men are in the surging, wheeling host,

  4. وَبِالفَوارِسِ مِن وَرقاءَ قَد عُلِموا

    فُرسانَ صِدقٍ عَلى جُردٍ أَبابيلِ

    and with the horsemen of Warqāʾ, well known as

    true horsemen on sleek steeds in separate bands,

  5. في حَومَةِ المَوتِ إِذ ثابَت حَلائِبُهُم

    لا مُقرِفينَ وَلا عُزلٍ وَلا ميلِ

    in the thick of death, when their allied bands rallied,

    neither baseborn, nor unarmed, nor unsteady in battle,

  6. في ساطِعٍ مِن غَياياتٍ وَمِن رَهَجٍ

    وَعِثيَرٍ مِن دُقاقِ التُربِ مَنخولِ

    amid a rising mass of shrouding clouds and battle dust,

    and flying dust of fine, sifted earth.

  7. أَصحابُ زَبدٍ وَأَيّامٍ لَهُم سَلَفَت

    مَن حارَبوا أَعذَبوا عَنهُ بِتَنكيلِ

    Men of bounty, with bygone battles to their name:

    whomever they fought, they left as an example to others;

  8. أَو صالَحوا فَلَهُ أَمنٌ وَمُنتَفَذٌ

    وَعَقدُ أَهلِ وَفاءٍ غَيرُ مَخذولِ

    or, if they made peace with him, he had safety and free passage,

    and the unbroken pledge of men of loyalty.