طَعَنتُ غَداةَ القاعِ شَملَةَ طَعنَةً

طَعَنتُ غَداةَ القاعِ شَملَةَ طَعنَةً

تَرَكتُ أَبا أَوسٍ صَربعاً مُجَدَّلا

تَرَكتُ أَبا أَوسٍ صَربعاً مُجَدَّلا

That morning on the plain, I struck Shamla with a spear-thrust;

I stabbed Shamlah at dawn in Al-Qaa

I stabbed Shamla on the morning of the plain, a fierce thrust,

I left Abu Aws sprawled, felled to the ground.

Leaving Aws's father writhing and moaning

Leaving Abu Aws prostrate, flung down upon the ground,

وَأَجرَرتُهُ رُمحي فَغودِرَ ثاوياً

وَأَجرَرتُهُ رُمحي فَغودِرَ ثاوياً

عَلَيهِ سِباعُ القاعِ يَردينَ حُجَّلا

عَلَيهِ سِباعُ القاعِ يَردينَ حُجَّلا

And I left my spear lodged in him, so he was left lying there,

I dragged him with my spear as he fainted

I gave him my spear to drag, and thus he was left behind,

With the beasts of the plain running over him, hopping.

While beasts of the wasteland tore at his corpse

With the beasts of the plain prancing over his remains.