أَبي الذي أَخنَبَ رِجلَ اِبنِ الصَعِق

أَبي الذي أَخنَبَ رِجلَ اِبنِ الصَعِق

إِذ كانَتِ الخَيلُ كَعِلباءِ العُنُق

إِذ كانَتِ الخَيلُ كَعِلباءِ العُنُق

My father is the one who crippled the leg of Ibn al-Ṣaʿiq,

My father who broke the leg of the thunderbolt's son

When the horses were like the sinew of the neck,

When the horses were like the long-necked does

وَلَم يَكُن يَرُدُهُ الجِبسُ الحَمِق

وَلَم يَكُن يَرُدُهُ الجِبسُ الحَمِق

And the foolish coward did not turn him back.

And the foolish plaster could not mend it