1. ومن أيامنا يومٌ عجيب

    ولا يومٌ كيومِ بني بهان

    And among our days was a wondrous day;

    And no day was like the day of Banu Bahan.

  2. بناصفة البعوضة حيث سالت

    على بطائحها شعب الرعانِ

    At Nasifat al-Ba'udah, where flowed

    Across its broad flats the divisions of mighty hosts.

  3. دعاهم مالكٌ حتى استجابوا

    ولم يكُ في استجابتهم توانِ

    Malik called them until they answered,

    And there was no delay in their response.

  4. محافظة عليه ولم يريدوا

    صدوداً عن مخالسة الطعانِ

    Out of concern for him, and they did not wish

    To turn away from exchanging swift spear-thrusts.

  5. فلا يبعد بنو عّمٍ وآلٍ

    بنو عمي فلا وابيك كانوا

    So may cousins and kinsfolk never perish—

    My cousins—for, by your father, they were

  6. فوارس غارةٍ وحماة ثغر

    اذا ما شَبّت الحرب العوانُ

    Raiding horsemen and guardians of the frontier

    Whenever the oft-renewed war flared up.