1. The noblest horsemen are those who raid for plunder,
So make your cave a refuge for the generous.

2. And abstain from the matter of singing girls, for it
Is a matter that if you go against it, you will not regret.

3. I am the most senior advisor, so accept my advice,
For merit belongs to the oldest sword.

4. And the truth is with following the prince, so be
A follower of him, to reach the greatest status.

5. And make the white your armor, and let there be
No other ambition for you but a sharp sword or firm spear.

6. The God-conscious man takes down every greatness with his horse
And the transgressor seduces every cheap woman.

7. And its rugged valley, if a wind blew on its edges
It would not be safe, or the Wasmi arose early seeking his land

8. Spring ran out and its soil was not marked.
The stars do not appear in it, shining,

9. And the moon gleams in it like a dirham.
This, and how many mountains whose people disobeyed them

10. So they collapsed upon them with the ravens.
And it let through the strikes of every quiver

11. And the nests of eagles in it and homes of black snakes.
So they trod the lairs of ostriches and panicked them

12. And the wild animal spent the night a guest of hyenas.
It knew and caution weakened it, so it did not fly

13. Though weak, as if it had no knowledge.
With widespread wings, it cried with pride

14. Flying over lions that had not been fed.
It grazes the remnants of dew in its burrows

15. And stumbles over the thickets of sleep.
They gather themselves so they can attain what

16. They desire, so their beaks are like chisels.
It harbored enmity and leadership emboldened it, so it became

17. A lookout, while the eyelid gallops in pupils of the blind.
Its saddle rises above every other saddle

18. So its horsemen ascend to it with a ladder.
A chestnut steed as if its bridle

19. Reached the sky with it, like the stars of Aldebaran.
And a challenger between the noble and pursuer

20. Who found you between the armed and the armed.
The day molded its specula and it was as if

21. The darkness cut for it a garment of pitch.
The fish were disturbed by its gallop and sometimes

22. It shook the dust off the forehead of the sick man.
Like brides, nothing it raided retreated

23. Except stained doorframes with blood.
It stayed up while the guide slept in a worn cloak

24. Repeating the actions of twisting.
Its claws made the gazelles bleed so it was as if

25. Their cheeks were dyed with the same as jujube.
And its hooves built a shining darkness?

26. If not for your obedience, it would not have crumbled.
The eagles nested in it and pitched above it

27. Until the fledgling eagle chirped in it.
And it aimed for the basin of clouds, and its water

28. Was turbid from the descending dusty fog.
They came in numbers like goblets, overflowing

29. From every disheveled one with swords marked.
So they were found sharper than the arrows of Turks when

30. Released, and more piercing than the spears of Delam.
Until they left the water not pure

31. And the soil not permissible for one who performs ablution.