Sol 6.1

  1. أَلا مَن مُبلِغٌ أَهلَ الجُحودِ

    مَقالَ فَتىً وَفِيٍّ بِالعُهودِ

    Lo, who will convey to the deniers

    the words of a young man faithful to his pledges?

  2. سَأَخرُجُ لِلبِرازِ خَلِيَّ بالٍ

    بِقَلبٍ قُدَّ مِن زُبَرِ الحَديدِ

    I shall go out to single combat, free of care,

    with a heart hewn from blocks of iron.

  3. وَأَطعَنُ بِالقَنا حَتّى يَراني

    عَدوّي كَالشَرارَةِ مِن بَعيدِ

    And I thrust with spears until I am seen

    by my enemy like a spark from afar.

  4. إِذا ما الحَربُ دارَت لي رَحاها

    وَطابَ المَوتُ لِلرَجُلِ الشَديدِ

    When war turns its millstone for me,

    and death grows sweet to the strong man,

  5. تَرى بيضاً تَشَعشَعُ في لَظاها

    قَدِ اِلتَصَقَت بِأَعضادِ الزُنودِ

    you see white swords gleaming in its blaze,

    already clinging fast to the upper arms and forearms.

  6. فَأَقحَمُها وَلَكِن مَع رِجالٍ

    كَأَنَّ قُلوبَها حَجَرُ الصَعيدِ

    So I plunge into it, yet with men

    as though their hearts were stone from the earth,

  7. وَخَيلٍ عُوِّدَت خَوضَ المَنايا

    تُشَيِّبُ مَفرِقَ الطِفلِ الوَليدِ

    and horses trained to wade into death,

    that turn a newborn child's crown gray.

  8. سَأَحمِلُ بِالأُسودِ عَلى أُسودٍ

    وَأَخضِبُ ساعِدي بِدَمِ الأُسودِ

    I shall charge with lions against lions,

    and dye my forearm with the blood of lions,

  9. بِمَملَكَةٍ عَلَيها تاجُ عِزٍّ

    وَقَومٍ مِن بَني عَبسٍ شُهودِ

    in a kingdom bearing a crown of glory,

    and with men of Banu Abs as witnesses.

  10. فَأَمّا القائِلونَ هِزَبرُ قَومٍ

    فَذاكَ الفَخرُ لا شَرَفُ الجُدودِ

    So as for those who say, 'A tribe's lion'—

    that is glory, not the nobility of forefathers.

  11. وَأَمّا القائِلونَ قَتيلُ طَعنٍ

    فَذَلِكَ مَصرَعُ البَطَلِ الجَليدِ

    And as for those who say, 'Slain by a spear-thrust'—

    that is the fall of the stouthearted hero.