طُلِّقتِ إِن لَم تَسأَلي أَيُّ فارِسٍ

طُلِّقتِ إِن لَم تَسأَلي أَيُّ فارِسٍ

حَليلُكِ إِذ لاقى صُداءً وَخَثعَما

حَليلُكِ إِذ لاقى صُداءً وَخَثعَما

You are divorced if you do not ask what manner of horseman

You shall be divorced if you do not ask what kind of horseman

your husband was when he faced Ṣudāʾ and Khathʿam in battle.

your husband was when he faced Ṣudāʾ and Khathʿam.

أَكُرُّ عَلَيهِم دَعلَجاً وَلَبانُهُ

أَكُرُّ عَلَيهِم دَعلَجاً وَلَبانُهُ

إِذا ما اِشتَكى وَقعَ الرِماحِ تَحَمحَما

إِذا ما اِشتَكى وَقعَ الرِماحِ تَحَمحَما

I wheeled Daʿlaj back upon them; and his breast,

I charge at them on Daʿlaj, whose breast,

whenever it smarted beneath the spear-blows, rumbled with a low neigh.

whenever it complains of spear-blows, gives a low whinny.