1. لَو أَنَّ قَومي في الحُروبِ أَذِلَّةً

    لَأَلوَت بَني العَنقاءَ مِن رَأس حالِقِ

    Had my people been abject in war,

    The ʿAnqāʾ would have swept my sons away from a lofty summit,

  2. عَشِيَّةَ كِسرى وَالجُنودُ مُقيمَةٌ

    بِبابِ قُدَيسٍ يَنتَهي بِالبَوائِقِ

    On the evening when Kisrā, with the troops encamped,

    At the gate of Qudays, came bearing calamities.

  3. وَلَكِنَّ قَومي آزَرَتني رماحُهُم

    عَشِيَّةَ هَبّوا بِالرِماحِ الخَوافِقِ

    But my people's spears came to my aid,

    On the evening when they sprang up with quivering spears.

  4. وَنَحنُ عَقَرنا بِالمَلوطِ ركابَنا

    بِبابِ قُدَيسٍ عِندَ إِحدى الصَفائِقِ

    And we hamstrung our riding camels with the sword,

    At the gate of Qudays, during one of the dire ordeals.

  5. وَنَحنُ كَفَفنا الفُرسَ أَيّامَ قادِسٍ

    بِمُعتَركٍ ضَنكٍ كَلَفِّ السُرادِقِ

    And we held back the Persians in the days of Qādis,

    In a cramped mêlée, like the folds of a pavilion.

  6. إِذا ناهَدونا رَفَّعَتهُم سُيوفُنا

    إِلى الماءِ حَتّى تُتَّقى بِالعَلائِقِ

    Whenever they advanced against us, our swords lifted them

    To the water, until our blades were warded off with straps.