Sol 6.1

  1. وَلَقَد بَغى بِجِلادِ أَوسٍ قَومُهُ

    ذُلّاً وَقَد عَلِمَت بِذَلِكَ سِنبِسُ

    And indeed, his people sought, through battling Aws,

    Humiliation—and Sinbis already knew of it.

  2. حاشا بَني عَمروِ بنِ سِنبِسَ إِنَّهُم

    مَنَعوا ذِمارَ أَبيهِمِ أَن يَدنَسوا

    Except the sons of ‘Amr ibn Sinbis: they indeed

    Guarded their father's honor, lest they be stained.

  3. وَتَواعَدوا وِردَ القُرَيَّةِ غُدوَةً

    وَحَلَفتُ بِاللَهِ العَزيزِ لَنُحبَسُ

    And they agreed to reach al-Qurayya's water at dawn,

    And I swore by God, the Mighty: we would surely be held back.

  4. وَاللَهُ يَعلَمُ لَو أَتى بِسُلافِهِم

    طَرفُ الجَريضِ لَظَلَّ يَومٌ مُشكِسُ

    And God knows: had there come with their vanguard

    Tarf al-Jarid, the day would surely have been grim.

  5. كَالنارِ وَالشَمسِ الَّتي قالَت لَها

    بَيدَ اللُوَيمِسِ عالِماً ما يَلمِسُ

    Like fire and the sun that said to her,

    But al-Luwaymis, knowing what he touches,

  6. لا تَطعَمَنَّ الماءَ إِن أَورَدتَهُم

    لِتَمامِ طَميِكُمُ فَفوزوا وَاِحبُسوا

    Do not taste the water if you bring them to it,

    For the fullness of your flood—so prevail and hold back.

  7. أَو ذو الحُصَينِ وَفارِسٌ ذو مِرَّةٍ

    بِكَتيبَةٍ مَن يُدرِكوهُ يَغرِسُ

    Or Dhu al-Husayn, and a horseman endowed with strength,

    With a battalion: whomever they catch, he plants in the earth.

  8. وَمُوَطَّءُ الأَكنافِ غَيرُ مُلَعَّنٍ

    في الحَيِّ مَشّاءٌ إِلَيهِ المَجلِسُ

    And gentle of disposition, not reviled,

    Within the tribe, the assembly often makes its way to him.