1. أَلا لِلَّهِ وَيومُ الدارِ يَوماً

    بَعيدَ الذِكرِ مَحمودَ المَآلِ

    Ah, praise be to God—and what a day was the day of al-Dār,

    Far-reaching in renown, praiseworthy in outcome!

  2. تَرَكتُ بِهِ نِساءَ بَني كِلابٍ

    فَوارِكَ مايُرِغنَ إِلى الرِجالِ

    On that day I left the women of Banu Kilāb

    Averse to husbands, with no inclination toward men.

  3. تَرَكنا الشَيخَ شَيخَ بَني قُرَيظٍ

    بِبَطنِ القاعِ مَمنوعَ الزَيالِ

    We left the elder—the elder of Banu Qurayẓ—

    In the hollow of the plain, barred from departing.

  4. مُقاطَعَةٌ أَحِبَّتُهُ وَلَكِن

    يَبيتُ مِنَ الخَوامِعِ في وِصالِ

    His loved ones are estranged from him, yet

    He spends the night in union with hyenas.

  5. تَخِفُّ إِذا تَطارَدنا كِلابٌ

    فَكَيفَ بِها إِذا قُلنا نَزالِ

    Kilāb takes flight when we exchange charges;

    How then will it fare when we cry, 'Come down to fight!'

  6. تَرَكناها وَلَم يُترَكنَ إِلّا

    لِأَبناءِ العُمومَةِ وَالمَوالي

    We left the tribe, and its women were left only

    For their paternal cousins and retainers.

  7. فَلَم يَنهَضنَ عَن تِلكَ الحَشايا

    وَلَم يَبرُزنَ مِن تِلكَ الحِجالِ

    So they did not rise from those mattresses,

    Nor did they emerge from those curtained chambers.