1. I swore I would not cease to dedicate a poem
To my brother Mifdhal's rock at every assembly
١. أَقسَمتُ لا أَنفَكُّ أُهدي قَصيدَةً
لِصَخرٍ أَخي المِفضالِ في كُلِّ مَجمَعِ
2. So for your sake Sulaym offered up her old man and her young
And from her every nose and ear was docked
٢. فَدَتكَ سُلَيمٌ كَهلُها وَغُلامُها
وَجُدَّعَ مِنها كُلُّ أَنفٍ وَمِسمَعِ