هلا سألتَ بيومي رحرحان وقد

هلا سألتَ بيومي رحرحان وقد

ظنَّتْ هوازن أن العزَّ قد زالا

ظنَّتْ هوازن أن العزَّ قد زالا

Why did you not ask about the two days of Rahrahan, when

You asked how I was that day I met misfortune

Hawazin thought that glory had vanished?

The tribe of Hawazin thought my power was lost

تلك المكارم لا قَعْبانِ من لبنٍ

تلك المكارم لا قَعْبانِ من لبنٍ

شيبا بماءٍ فعادا بعْد أبوالا

شيبا بماءٍ فعادا بعْد أبوالا

Those are noble deeds—not two bowls of milk

Those noble virtues are not of curdled milk

mixed with water, then afterward turned to urine.

Turned grey by water, rather they endure and grow