گفت این دم من همی‌بینم حرب ** گفت می‌بینی جعاشیش عرب

He replied, “At this moment I see destruction (before me).” He (Hárith) said, “Thou seest the most puny of the Arabs.

می‌نبینی غیر این لیک ای تو ننگ ** آن زمان لاف بود این وقت جنگ

Thou art seeing naught but this; but, O thou disgrace, that was the time of talk, and this is the time of battle.

دی همی‌گفتی که پایندان شدم ** که بودتان فتح و نصرت دم‌بدم 4045

Yesterday thou wert saying, ‘I pledge myself that victory and Divine aid will always be yours.’

دی زعیم الجیش بودی ای لعین ** وین زمان نامرد و ناچیز و مهین

Yesterday thou wert the surety for the army, O accursed one, and now thou art cowardly, good-for-nothing, and vile,

تا بخوردیم آن دم تو و آمدیم ** تو بتون رفتی و ما هیزم شدیم

So that (after) we swallowed those (deceitful) words of thine and came (to battle), thou hast gone to the bath-stove and we have become the fuel.”

چونک حارث با سراقه گفت این ** از عتابش خشمگین شد آن لعین

When Hárith said this to Suráqa, that accursed one was enraged at his reproaches.

دست خود خشمین ز دست او کشید ** چون ز گفت اوش درد دل رسید

He angrily withdrew his hand from his (Hárith's) hand, since his heart was pained by his words.

سینه‌اش را کوفت شیطان و گریخت ** خون آن بیچارگان زین مکر ریخت 4050

Satan smote his (Hárith's) breast and fled: by means of this plot he shed the blood of those wretched men.

چونک ویران کرد چندین عالم او ** پس بگفت این بری منکم

After he had ruined so great a multitude, he then said, “Lo, I am quit of you.”

کوفت اندر سینه‌اش انداختش ** پس گریزان شد چو هیبت تاختش

He smote him on the breast and overthrew him; then he turned to flee, since terror urged him on.