1. قَعيدُكَ يا يزيد أبا قبيسٍ

    أَتنذر كي تلاقينا النذورا

    I adjure you, Yazid, Abu Qubays:

    Do you make vows in order to confront us,

  2. وَتوضع مجمر الركبانِ أنّ

    وُجدنا في مراسِ الحربِ خورا

    And send the gathered riders hastening with word that

    We were found weak in the ordeal of war?

  3. أَلَم تعلم قعيدك يا يزيدٌ

    بأنّا نَقمع الشيخَ الفَجورا

    Did you not know—I adjure you, Yazid—

    That we subdue the wicked old man,

  4. وَنفَقأ ناظريهِ وَلا نُبالي

    وَنَجعلُ فوقَ هامتهِ الذرورا

    And gouge out both his eyes without a care,

    And place powdered medicine upon the crown of his head?

  5. فَأَبلغ إِن عرضت بَني كلابٍ

    فَإنّا نحنُ أَقمعنا بجيرا

    So tell the sons of Kilab, if you encounter them:

    For we ourselves subdued Bujayr,

  6. وَضرّجنا عبيدةَ بِالعوالي

    فَأَصبح موثقاً فينا أَسيرا

    And bloodied Ubayda with spearpoints,

    So he became bound among us, a captive.

  7. أَفَخراً في الخلاءِ بغيرِ فخرٍ

    وَعندَ الحربِ خوّاراً ضَجورا

    Do you boast in solitude, with nothing to boast of,

    Yet in war prove fainthearted and fretful?