جَزى اللَهُ فِتياناً عَلى العَوصِ أَمطَرَت

جَزى اللَهُ فِتياناً عَلى العَوصِ أَمطَرَت

سَمائُهُمُ تَحتَ العَجاجَةِ بِالدَمِ

سَمائُهُمُ تَحتَ العَجاجَةِ بِالدَمِ

May God reward the young men at al-ʿAwṣ—there rained

May God reward the young men at Al-Awsa

Blood from their sky beneath the dust cloud.

Whose skies rained blood beneath the intense fighting

وَقَد لاحَ دَوءُ الفَجرِ عَرضاً كَأَنَّهُ

وَقَد لاحَ دَوءُ الفَجرِ عَرضاً كَأَنَّهُ

بِلَمحَتِهِ أَقرابُ أَبلَقَ أَدهَمِ

بِلَمحَتِهِ أَقرابُ أَبلَقَ أَدهَمِ

And dawn’s light had appeared crosswise, as though it were

And the dawn's light appeared like

When glimpsed, the flanks of a black piebald horse.

Flashes of a tribe of pure-bred horses

فَإِنَّ شِفاءَ الداءِ إِدراكُ ذَحلَةٍ

فَإِنَّ شِفاءَ الداءِ إِدراكُ ذَحلَةٍ

صَباحاً عَلى آثارِ حَومٍ عَرَمرَمِ

صَباحاً عَلى آثارِ حَومٍ عَرَمرَمِ

For the cure of sickness is to exact vengeance,

For the cure of affliction is to gain

At dawn, on the tracks of a mighty host.

A morning after the traces of raging battle

وَضارَبَهُم بِالسَفحِ إِذ عارَضَتهُمُ

وَضارَبَهُم بِالسَفحِ إِذ عارَضَتهُمُ

قَبائِلُ مِن أَبناءِ قَسرٍ وَخَثعَمِ

قَبائِلُ مِن أَبناءِ قَسرٍ وَخَثعَمِ

And he exchanged blows with them at the mountain’s foot, when they were confronted

And they struck them on the lowlands when

By tribes from the sons of Qasr and Khathʿam.

The tribes of the sons of Qasr and Khatha'im opposed them

ضِراباً غَدا مِنهُ اِبنُ حاجِزَ هارِباً

ضِراباً غَدا مِنهُ اِبنُ حاجِزَ هارِباً

ذُرا الصَخرِ في حَدرِ الرَجيلِ المُدَيَّمِ

ذُرا الصَخرِ في حَدرِ الرَجيلِ المُدَيَّمِ

Such blows that Ibn Ḥājiz took flight from them,

Striking continuously until the son of Hajiz fled

Across rocky summits, with the downhill rush of a seasoned, sure-footed runner.

Scattering pebbles in the valley of Al-Rujayl Al-Mudayyam