فَإِن تَغضَب فَلَستَ المَرءَ تَرضى

فَإِن تَغضَب فَلَستَ المَرءَ تَرضى

وَلَم أَعلَمكَ إِلّا مِن إِيادِ

وَلَم أَعلَمكَ إِلّا مِن إِيادِ

If you grow angry, you are not a man to be appeased,

If you get angry, you won't be satisfied with anyone,

And I have known you only as one of Iyad.

And I only made you aware out of friendship,

أَسَرَّكَ أُم يَسوؤُكَ ما فَعَلنا

أَسَرَّكَ أُم يَسوؤُكَ ما فَعَلنا

غَداةَ الأَحرَمَينِ إِلى السَوادِ

غَداةَ الأَحرَمَينِ إِلى السَوادِ

Did what we did delight you, or does it distress you,

Does it grieve you what we did

That morning at al-Ahramayn, toward al-Sawad?

The day after the sacred months, towards As-Sawad,

كَبيرَةِ جَيشِنا لِبَني زُبَيدٍ

كَبيرَةِ جَيشِنا لِبَني زُبَيدٍ

فَغادَرَهُم بِرهَطِ أِبي نِجادِ

فَغادَرَهُم بِرهَطِ أِبي نِجادِ

Our army's mighty blow against Banu Zubayd—

To the great army of Bani Zubaid,

It left them with the clan of Abu Nijad,

So he left them with the group of Abi Nijad

وَرَهطِ المازِنِيِّ اَبي كُعَيبٍ

وَرَهطِ المازِنِيِّ اَبي كُعَيبٍ

تَرَكناهُم كَباقِيَةِ الرَمادِ

تَرَكناهُم كَباقِيَةِ الرَمادِ

And the clan of al-Mazini, Abu Kuʿayb;

And the group of Al-Mazini Abi Ka'b,

We left them like the remnants of ashes.

We left them like ashes that remain after the fire,

تَحومُ الطَيرُ فَوقَهُم وَجالَت

تَحومُ الطَيرُ فَوقَهُم وَجالَت

عَلى خَولانَ بِالأَسَلِ الحِدادِ

عَلى خَولانَ بِالأَسَلِ الحِدادِ

Birds circle above them, and our force swept

The birds hover above them and the swords,

Against Khawlan with sharp spears.

With their sharp blades, circle them,

فَوَلّوا عِندَ ذاكَ وَأَمكَنونا

فَوَلّوا عِندَ ذاكَ وَأَمكَنونا

مِنَ البيضِ الأَوانِسِ وَالخِرادِ

مِنَ البيضِ الأَوانِسِ وَالخِرادِ

So they fled then, and put within our reach

So they retreated at that point and allowed us

The fair-skinned, amiable women and the shy maidens.

To seize the white maidens and the little ones,

غَنيمَةُ جَيشِنا مِن كُلِّ حَيٍّ

غَنيمَةُ جَيشِنا مِن كُلِّ حَيٍّ

مُعَكَّرَةُ الطَرائِفِ وَالتِلادِ

مُعَكَّرَةُ الطَرائِفِ وَالتِلادِ

Our army's spoils from every tribe:

The war booty of our army from every tribe,

Great herds of newly acquired and long-held stock,

Spread out with its varieties and regions,

وَلُعسٍ كَالظِباءِ مُرَدَّفاتٍ

وَلُعسٍ كَالظِباءِ مُرَدَّفاتٍ

كَأَنَّ عُيونَها واهِي المَزادِ

كَأَنَّ عُيونَها واهِي المَزادِ

And dark-lipped women like gazelles, borne pillion,

With howdahs like gazelles in a line,

As though their eyes were leaking waterskins.

Their eyes as if captivated with pleasure.