1. وَنَحنُ جَلبنا مِن ضَرِيَّةَ خَيلَنا

    نُكَلِّفُها حَدَّ الإِكامِ قَطائِطا

    We brought our horses from Ḍariyya,

    driving them in bands over the hillcrests.

  2. سِراعاً يَزِلُّ الماءُ عَن حَجَباتِها

    نُكَلِّفُها غَولاً بَطيناً وَغائِطا

    Swift, sweat slips off their haunches;

    we drive them across a broad, far-stretching waste and low ground.

  3. يُحَتُّ يَبيسُ الماءِ عَن حَجَباتِها

    وَيَشكونَ آثارَ السِياطِ خَوابِطا

    Dried sweat is scraped from their haunches,

    and they complain of the marks left by lashing whips.

  4. فَأَدركَهُم دونَ الهُيَيمَاءِ مُقصِراً

    وَقَد كانَ شَأواً بالِغَ الجَهدِ باسِطا

    So they were overtaken short of al-Huyaymāʾ, with the pace now slackening,

    after a far-stretching run that taxed strength to the utmost.

  5. أَصَبنَ الطَريفَ وَالطَريفَ بنَ مالِكٍ

    وَكانَ شِفاءً لَو أَصَبنَ المَلاقِطا

    They struck al-Ṭarīf and al-Ṭarīf son of Mālik;

    and it would have been a cure had they struck al-Malāqiṭ.

  6. إِذاً عَرَفوا ما قَدَّموا لِنُفوسِهِم

    مِنَ الشَرِّ إِنَّ الشَرَّ مُردٍ أَراهِطا

    Then they would have known what they had laid up for themselves

    of evil—indeed, evil lays clans low.

  7. فَلَم أَرَ يَوماً كانَ أَكثَرَ باكِياً

    وَأَكثَرَ مَغبوطاً يُجَلُّ وَغابِطاً

    Never have I seen a day with more weepers,

    and more men envied and revered, and more men envying.