1. I saw Zuhair beneath the striking Khaled
So I hurried like the swift horses charge

2. Toward two heroes both keyed up
Wanting to unsheathe swords in hand so rare

3. My right hand failed the day I struck Khaled
And the glittering iron foiled my affair

4. Oh how I wish before the days of Khaled
And before Zuhair I was not born to my mother

5. By my life when I was born she gave glad tidings
So what are these tidings that came back to her?

6. My people will not leave me clearly alive
If I am killed and Aamer survives

7. Khaled flee if you can take flight
And do not fall except with a cautious heart

8. Death will come to you with one stroke
Leaving this life and death ever present