بَنو دارِمٍ عِندَ السَماءِ وَأَنتُمُ

بَنو دارِمٍ عِندَ السَماءِ وَأَنتُمُ

قَذى الأَرضِ أَبعِد بَينَ ما بَينَ ذَلِكِ

قَذى الأَرضِ أَبعِد بَينَ ما بَينَ ذَلِكِ

The sons of Darim are near heaven, while you are

The tribe of Darim near the sky while you

the earth's refuse—how wide the gulf between the two!

Are the scum of the earth, how far between that is!

وَقَد كانَ مِنهُم حاجِبٌ وَاِبنُ عَمِّهِ

وَقَد كانَ مِنهُم حاجِبٌ وَاِبنُ عَمِّهِ

أَبو جَندَلٍ وَالزَيدُ زَيدُ المَعارِكِ

أَبو جَندَلٍ وَالزَيدُ زَيدُ المَعارِكِ

And indeed among them were Hajib and his cousin,

Among them was a chamberlain and the son of his uncle,

Abu Jandal, and Zayd—Zayd of battles.

Abu Jandal and Zayd, Zayd of battles,

وَتَرفِدُهُم أَبناءُ حَنظَلَةَ الذُرى

وَتَرفِدُهُم أَبناءُ حَنظَلَةَ الذُرى

حَصىً يَتَحَدّى قِبصُهُ كُلَّ فاتِكِ

حَصىً يَتَحَدّى قِبصُهُ كُلَّ فاتِكِ

And Hanzala's sons, lofty peaks, lend them aid:

And progeny of Hanzala Al-Jurai

a host like pebbles, whose multitude defies every daring assailant.

As pebbles that defy every assailant’s grasp

وَكَم مِن رَئيسٍ قَطَّرَتهُ رِماحُهُم

وَكَم مِن رَئيسٍ قَطَّرَتهُ رِماحُهُم

بِمُختَلِفٍ بَينَ الرِمالِ الدَكادِكِ

بِمُختَلِفٍ بَينَ الرِمالِ الدَكادِكِ

And many a chief their spears have felled

And how many a chief did their spears drizzle

at a crossing among the low, compacted sand dunes.

Between the sand dunes and rugged terrain

وَلَولاهُمُ يا اِبنَ المَراغَةِ كُنتُمُ

وَلَولاهُمُ يا اِبنَ المَراغَةِ كُنتُمُ

لَقىً بَينَ أَطرافِ القَنا لِلسَنابِكِ

لَقىً بَينَ أَطرافِ القَنا لِلسَنابِكِ

And without them, O son of al-Maragha, you would have been

And were it not for them, O son of Maragha, you would be

cast-offs amid spearpoints, left for the hooves.

Prey amidst the edges of the spearheads

هُم أَنقَذوا يَومَ الصُهَيباتِ سَبيَكُم

هُم أَنقَذوا يَومَ الصُهَيباتِ سَبيَكُم

وَأَبناءُ رَهطِ الكَلبِ قُرعُ المَبارِكِ

وَأَبناءُ رَهطِ الكَلبِ قُرعُ المَبارِكِ

They rescued your captives on the day of al-Suhaybat,

They saved your captives on the day of Suhyubat

while the sons of the Dog's clan had bare camel-yards.

While the sons of Kalb the dog, the beaten wretches

فَرَرتُم حِذارَ الثَعلَبِيِّينَ إِذ سَمَوا

فَرَرتُم حِذارَ الثَعلَبِيِّينَ إِذ سَمَوا

بِأَرعَنَ طَودٍ مُشمَخِرِّ الحَوارِكِ

بِأَرعَنَ طَودٍ مُشمَخِرِّ الحَوارِكِ

You fled in fear of the Tha'labites when they advanced

So you fled, wary of the foxes when they vowed

with a vast host—a mountain of towering withers.

With the roar of a towering, ferocious lion