لَتَسأَلَنَّ أَسماءُ وَهيَ حَفِيَّةٌ

لَتَسأَلَنَّ أَسماءُ وَهيَ حَفِيَّةٌ

نُصَحائَها أَطُرِدتُ أَم لَم أُطرَدِ

نُصَحائَها أَطُرِدتُ أَم لَم أُطرَدِ

Asma will surely ask, eager to know,

Asma will certainly ask while she is lithe,

her trusted advisers whether I was driven off or not.

Her advisors, was I banished or not banished?

قالوا لَها إِنّا طَرَدنا خَيلَهُ

قالوا لَها إِنّا طَرَدنا خَيلَهُ

قُلحَ الكِلابِ وَكُنتُ غَيرَ مُطَرَّدِ

قُلحَ الكِلابِ وَكُنتُ غَيرَ مُطَرَّدِ

They told her, "We drove off his horses."

They will say to her, we banished his horses,

Yellow-toothed dogs! Yet I was not driven off.

The mangy dogs, and you were not banished.

فَلَأَبغِيَنَّكُمُ المَلا وَعَوارِضاً

فَلَأَبغِيَنَّكُمُ المَلا وَعَوارِضاً

وَلَأورِدَنَّ الخَيلَ لابَةَ ضَرغَدِ

وَلَأورِدَنَّ الخَيلَ لابَةَ ضَرغَدِ

So I shall surely seek you out at al-Mala and Awarid,

So I will seek you for booty and forays,

and surely lead the horses into Darghad's lava field.

And I will lead the horses to soft meadows.

وَالخَيلُ تَردي بِالكُماةِ كَأَنَّها

وَالخَيلُ تَردي بِالكُماةِ كَأَنَّها

حِدَأٌ تَتابَعُ في الطَريقِ الأَقصَدِ

حِدَأٌ تَتابَعُ في الطَريقِ الأَقصَدِ

And the horses gallop bearing armored warriors, as though they were

And the horses prance with vigor as though they were

kites following one another along the most direct road.

Snakes lined up on the most direct road.

فَلَأَثأَرَنَّ بِمالِكٍ وَبِمالِكٍ

فَلَأَثأَرَنَّ بِمالِكٍ وَبِمالِكٍ

وَأَخي المَروراةِ الَّذي لَم يوسَدِ

وَأَخي المَروراةِ الَّذي لَم يوسَدِ

So I shall surely avenge Malik and Malik,

So I will take vengeance for Malik and for Malik

and the wilderness's companion, who was laid on no pillow.

And for my brother Al-Marwazi who was not supported.

وَقَتيلِ مُرَّةَ أَثأَرَنَّ فَإِنَّهُ

وَقَتيلِ مُرَّةَ أَثأَرَنَّ فَإِنَّهُ

فَرعٌ وَإِنَّ أَخاهُمُ لَم يُقصَدِ

فَرعٌ وَإِنَّ أَخاهُمُ لَم يُقصَدِ

And the man slain by Murra I shall surely avenge, for he is

And for the slain man of Murrah I will take vengeance, for he

a noble scion, and their brother has not been struck down.

Is a branch, even though their brother was not intended.

يا أَسمَ أُختَ بَني فَزارَةَ إِنَّني

يا أَسمَ أُختَ بَني فَزارَةَ إِنَّني

غازٍ وَإِنَّ المَرءَ غَيرُ مُخَلَّدِ

غازٍ وَإِنَّ المَرءَ غَيرُ مُخَلَّدِ

O Asma, sister of Banu Fazara, I am

O Asma, sister of the clan of Fazarah, I

a raider, and no man is immortal.

Am setting out, and man is not immortal.

فيئي إِلَيكِ فَلا هَوادَةَ بَينَنا

فيئي إِلَيكِ فَلا هَوادَةَ بَينَنا

بَعدَ الفَوارِسِ إِذ ثَوَوا بِالمَرصَدِ

بَعدَ الفَوارِسِ إِذ ثَوَوا بِالمَرصَدِ

Come to your senses, for there is no truce between us

Come back to me, for there shall be no truce between us

after the horsemen lay dead at the ambush site,

After the horsemen when they lodged at the watchtower,

إِلّا بِكُلِّ أَحَمَّ نَهدٍ سابِحٍ

إِلّا بِكُلِّ أَحَمَّ نَهدٍ سابِحٍ

وَعُلالَةٍ مِن كُلِّ أَسمَرَ مِذوَدِ

وَعُلالَةٍ مِن كُلِّ أَسمَرَ مِذوَدِ

except through every coal-black, powerfully built steed, swimming in its gallop,

Except with every pregnant mountain goat and

and a second draught from every brown, warding spear.

Young calf of every tawny sheep.

وَأَنا اِبنُ حَربٍ لا أَزالُ أَشُبُّها

وَأَنا اِبنُ حَربٍ لا أَزالُ أَشُبُّها

سَعراً وَأُوقِدُها إِذا لَم توقَدِ

سَعراً وَأُوقِدُها إِذا لَم توقَدِ

And I am a son of war; I never cease to kindle it

And I am the son of Harb, I do not cease to kindle it,

to a blaze, and I light it when it is unlit.

The blaze, and I ignite it when it is not kindled.