وَفَرَّ مِنَ الحَربِ العَوانِ وَلَم يَكُن

وَفَرَّ مِنَ الحَربِ العَوانِ وَلَم يَكُن

بِها حاتِمُ طَيّاً وَلا مُتَطَبَّبا

بِها حاتِمُ طَيّاً وَلا مُتَطَبَّبا

And he fled the renewed war, and neither was

He fled from war though no coward was Hatem,

Hatim adept in it (reading uncertain), nor a would-be physician.

Nor was he sick or wounded in the fray.

وَرَيّبَ حصناً بَعدَ أَن كانَ آبِياً

وَرَيّبَ حصناً بَعدَ أَن كانَ آبِياً

أَبُوَّةُ حِصنٍ فَاِستَقالَ وَأَعتَبا

أَبُوَّةُ حِصنٍ فَاِستَقالَ وَأَعتَبا

And Hisn was made to doubt, after he had been defiant,

Yet he who was so bold became afraid

by Hisn’s forefathers; so he sought release and made amends.

A fortress fears when walls begin to sway.

أَقِم في بَني بَدرٍ وَلا ما يَهُمُّنا

أَقِم في بَني بَدرٍ وَلا ما يَهُمُّنا

إِذا ما تَقَضَّت حَربُنا أَن تَطرَبا

إِذا ما تَقَضَّت حَربُنا أَن تَطرَبا

Stay among Banu Badr; no, it does not concern us,

Stay with the sons of Badr, no more heed

once our war has ended, that you rejoice.

These wars; when bloodshed ends you'll dance and play.