1. تَرَكتُ جُرَيَّةَ العَمرِيَّ فيهِ

    شَديدُ العَيرِ مُعتَدِلٌ سَديدُ

    I left Jurayya al-ʿAmri with a shaft lodged in him,

    stout-ridged, straight and true.

  2. تَرَكتُ بَني الهُجَيمِ لَهُم دَوارٌ

    إِذا تَمضي جَماعَتُهُم تَعودُ

    I left the Banu al-Hujaym in a whirl;

    whenever their company moves on, it turns back.

  3. إِذا يَقَعُ السِهامُ بِجانِبَيهِ

    تَأَخَّرَ قابِعاً فيهِ صُدودُ

    When arrows fall on either side of him,

    he draws back, crouching, full of aversion.

  4. فَإِن يَبرَأ فَلَم أَنفِث عَلَيهِ

    وَإِن يُفقَد فَحُقَّ لَهُ الفُقودُ

    So if he recovers, I breathed no healing charm over him;

    and if he perishes, then death is his due.

  5. وَهَل يَدري جُرَيَّةُ أَنَّ نَبلي

    يَكونُ جَفيرَها البَطَلُ النَجيدُ

    And does Jurayya know that my arrows

    have the valiant champion for their quiver?

  6. كَأَنَّ رِماحَهُم أَشطانُ بِئرٍ

    لَها في كُلِّ مَدلَجَةٍ خُدودُ

    Their spears are like the ropes of a well,

    with furrows along every water-drawing track.