1. أَنذَرتُ أَعدائي غَدا

    ةَ قَناً حُدَيّا الناسِ طُرّا

    I warned my enemies on the morning

    at Qanā, challenging all people.

  2. لا مُرعِياً مَرعىً لَهُم

    ما فاتَني أَمسَيتُ حُرّا

    Granting them no pasture,

    whatever has eluded me, I end the day free.

  3. حُلواً إِذا اِبتُغِيَ الحَلا

    وَةُ وَاِستُحِبَّ الجَهدُ مُرّا

    Sweet when sweetness is sought,

    and bitter when hardship is preferred.

  4. كَم مِن عَدُوٍّ جاهدٍ

    بِالشَرِّ لَو يَسطيعُ شَرّا

    How many an enemy strives

    at evil, if only he could do harm!

  5. يَغتابُ عِرضي غائِباً

    فِإِذا تَلاقَينا اِقشَعَرّا

    He slanders my honor in my absence,

    but when we meet, he shudders.

  6. يُبدي كَلاماً لَيِّناً

    عِندي وَيَحقِرُ مُستَسِرّا

    He offers gentle words

    in my presence, but scorns me in secret.

  7. إِنّي اِمرُؤٌ أُبدي مُخاً

    لَفَتي وَأَكرَهُ أَن أُسِرّا

    I am a man: I openly declare

    my opposition, and hate to conceal it.

  8. مِن عُصبَةٍ شُمِّ الأُنو

    فِ تَرى عَدُوَّهُمُ مَصِرّا

    Of a band with proudly lifted noses,

    you see their enemy obstinately hostile.

  9. أَفَناءُ تَغلِبَ والِدي

    وَيَدي إِذا ما البَأسُ ضَرّا

    The clans of Taghlib are my father,

    and my hand when warfare brings harm.

  10. وَالرافِعين بِناءَهُم

    فَتَراهُ أَشمَخَ مُشمَخِرّا

    And those who raise their edifice,

    so you see it loftier, towering high;

  11. وَالمانِعينَ بَناتِهِم

    عِندَ الوَغى حَدَباً وَبرّا

    and those who defend their daughters

    amid battle's din, with care and kindness;

  12. وَالمُطعِمينَ لَدى الشِتا

    ءِ سَدائِفاً مِنَ النَيبِ غُرّا

    and those who feed others in winter

    bright white slices of hump-fat from aged she-camels.

  13. وَلَقَد شَهِدتُ الخَيلَ تَحـ

    ـتَ الدارِعينَ تَزُرُّ زَرّا

    And indeed, I have seen the horses beneath

    armored warriors, galloping furiously.

  14. نازَعتُ أَولاها الكَتيـ

    ـبَةِ معجِماً طِرفاً طِمِرّا

    I vied with the foremost of the battalion,

    testing a high-bred, bounding steed.