إِنّي لَعَمرُ أَبيهِم لا أُصالِحُهُم

إِنّي لَعَمرُ أَبيهِم لا أُصالِحُهُم

حَتّى يُصالِحَ راعي الثَلَّةِ الذيبُ

حَتّى يُصالِحَ راعي الثَلَّةِ الذيبُ

Indeed, by their father's life, I will not make peace with them

By the life of their fathers, I will not reconcile with them,

Until the wolf makes peace with the flock's shepherd,

Until the shepherd of the wolf pack makes peace,

أَو تَنجَلي الخَيلُ عَن قَتلى مُصَرَّعَةٍ

أَو تَنجَلي الخَيلُ عَن قَتلى مُصَرَّعَةٍ

كَأَنَّها خَشَبٌ بِالقاعِ مَقطوبُ

كَأَنَّها خَشَبٌ بِالقاعِ مَقطوبُ

Or the horses withdraw from the slain, laid low,

Or the horses retreat from the slain bodies,

As though they were logs heaped together on the plain.

Strewn about as if they were chopped wood on the ground.