Sol 6.1

  1. يَقولُ بَنو الحَمراءِ لَو أَنَّ جُنحَنا

    يَطيرُ لعشّاكم بِشُؤبوبِ وابِلِ

    The sons of al-Hamra say, 'If our wing

    Were to fly, it would serve you a torrential shower for supper;

  2. وَضِقتُم بِهِ ذَرعاً وَجاشَت نُفوسُكُم

    وَما مَنَعتكُم مانِعاتُ المَعاقِلِ

    And you would be unable to bear it, and your souls would seethe,

    And the strongholds' defenses would not protect you.'

  3. فَقد كانَ طَردُ الجُنحِ إِذ طارَ نَحوَنا

    كَذِبّانِ حُشٍّ أَو كُدودِ المَزابِلِ

    For the wing, when it flew toward us, was driven off

    Like privy-flies, or worms in dung heaps.

  4. وَهاجَت شَآبيبُ الحُتوفِ عَلَيكُم

    بِرَعدٍ وَبَرقٍ سُجَّمٍ وَهَواطِلِ

    And showers of death raged over you,

    With thunder and lightning, streaming and pouring down.

  5. لَظَلَّت سُيوفُ الهِندِ تَحصُدُ جَمعَكُم

    حَصادَ زُروعٍ أَينَعَت لِلمَناجِلِ

    The swords of India would surely keep reaping your host,

    As one reaps crops ripened for the sickles.

  6. وَلَمّا رَأَونا راجِفينَ إِلَيهِم

    تَوَلّوا سِراعاً خَوفَ وَقعِ المناصِلِ

    And when they saw us surging toward them,

    They fled swiftly, fearing the blows of sword-blades.

  7. فَسِرنا إِلَيهِم وَالرِّماحُ تَنوشُهُم

    كَوَقعِ الصَّياصي تَحتَ رَهجِ القَساطِلِ

    So we advanced toward them, while spears struck at them,

    Like the thrusts of horns beneath a haze of battle-dust.

  8. فَلَم يَبقَ مِنهُم غَيرُ عانٍ مُصَفَّدٍ

    يقادُ أَسيراً مُوثَّقاً في السَّلاسِلِ

    So none of them remained but a fettered captive,

    Being led as a prisoner, bound fast in chains,

  9. وَآخر مِنهُم هارِبٌ قَد تَضايَقَت

    بِهِ الأَرض يَهفو مِن جَوىً وَبَلابِلِ

    And another of them, a fugitive—narrow had grown

    The earth around him; he reeled with anguish and turmoil.

  10. لَقَيتُم لَنا مَلمومَةً مُستَجيرَةً

    تُجيدُ ضِرابَ الهامِ تَحتَ الهَواطِلِ

    You met a massed, shelter-seeking host of ours,

    Skilled at striking heads beneath the downpours.

  11. بِها مِن بَني عَدنانَ فِتيانُ غارَةٍ

    وَمِن آلِ قَحطانٍ كَمِثلِ الأَجادِلِ

    In it are young raiders from the sons of Adnan,

    And from the clan of Qahtan, men like falcons.

  12. يَقودُهُم لَيثٌ هِزَبرٌ ضُبارِمٌ

    مِحَشُّ حُروبٍ ماجِدٌ غَيرُ خامِلِ

    A lion leads them—a mighty, powerfully built lion,

    A kindler of wars, noble and far from obscure.

  13. أَرومَتُهُ مِن خَيرِ قَيسٍ نَما بِهِ

    إِلى المَجدِ قِدماً وَالعُلى كُلُّ فاضِلِ

    His lineage is of the best of Qays; he was raised

    Of old to glory and eminence by every noble man.

  14. أَخو ثِقَةٍ مَحض النِّجارِ مُهَذّبٌ

    لَهُ حَسَبٌ زاكٍ كَريمُ الأَوائِلِ

    A trustworthy man, pure in lineage and refined,

    He has pure ancestral honor and noble forebears.

  15. لَهُ سورَةٌ قَيسِيَّةٌ عَرَبِيَّةٌ

    بِها ذادَ عَن دينِ الهُدى كُلّ جاهِلِ

    His is a Qaysite, Arab fierceness,

    With which he shielded the faith of guidance from every ignorant man.

  16. لَقَد سَلَّ سوّارٌ عَلَيكُم مُهَنَّداً

    يَحزُّ بِهِ الهاماتُ حَزَّ المَفاصِلِ

    Indeed, Sawwar drew a sword of Indian steel against you,

    With which he severs heads as one severs joints.

  17. بِهِ قَتَلَ اللَّهُ الَّذينَ تَحَزَّبوا

    عَلَينا وَكانوا أَهلَ إِفكٍ وَباطِلِ

    Through him God slew those who banded together

    Against us, and were people of lies and falsehood.

  18. سَما لِبَني الحَمراء إِذ حانَ حَينُهم

    بِجَمعٍ كَمثلِ الطَّودِ أرعَنَ رافِلِ

    He advanced against the sons of al-Hamra when their doom had come,

    With a host like a mountain, vast and proudly striding.

  19. تَضيقُ بِهِ الأَرضُ الفَضاءُ ضبارِمٌ

    عَظيمٌ شَديدُ الرَّكضِ جَمُّ الصَّواهِلِ

    The spacious earth is too narrow for it—a massive host,

    Huge, galloping hard, with many neighing steeds.

  20. أَدَرتُم رَحى حَربٍ فَدارَت عَلَيكُم

    بِحَتفٍ قَد أَفناكُم بِهِ اللَّهُ عاجِلِ

    You set the millstone of war turning, and it turned against you,

    With swift death, by which God has annihilated you.