شَفى النَفسَ قَتلى بَينَ رَوضَةِ سَلهَبٍ

شَفى النَفسَ قَتلى بَينَ رَوضَةِ سَلهَبٍ

وَغَرَّهُمُ فيما أَرادَ المُنَجَّبُ

وَغَرَّهُمُ فيما أَرادَ المُنَجَّبُ

The slain amid Salhab’s meadow healed the soul.

The souls were revived by those killed in the meadow of Salhab

And the noble-born one deceived them in what he intended.

And they were deceived into what the well-known desired

وَجُدنا لِجودِيٍّ بِضَربَةِ ثائِرِ

وَجُدنا لِجودِيٍّ بِضَربَةِ ثائِرِ

وَلِلجَمعِ بِالسُمِّ الزعافِ المُقَنَّبِ

وَلِلجَمعِ بِالسُمِّ الزعافِ المُقَنَّبِ

And we were generous to Judi with an avenger’s blow,

We were generous to Jawdiyy with the strike of the raging

And to the host with deadly, compounded poison.

And to the group with the poisoned arrows, well-aimed

تَرَكناهُمُ صَرعى لِخَيلٍ تَنوبُهُم

تَرَكناهُمُ صَرعى لِخَيلٍ تَنوبُهُم

تَنافَسُهُم فيها سُباعُ المُرَحَّبِ

تَنافَسُهُم فيها سُباعُ المُرَحَّبِ

We left them fallen for horses to come upon in turn;

We left them slain to horses that took turns trampling them

There, the beasts of al-Murahhab vie with them.

While predatory beasts competed over them in the wilderness