1. I wonder, is this the first tumult,
Or is it an age in turmoil other than tumult?

2. If Mus'ab lives, then we are well,
We have already gotten from his life what we hope for.

3. A king who decides matters and does not
Include the weak waverer in his opinion.

4. He brought horses from Tihama until
His horses reached the palaces of Zaranj,

5. Where before him the horses of the possessor of crowns had not come,
Returning between rugged land and meadow.

6. They brought down from their towers the daughters of the
Turks who come after difficulty with difficulty.

7. Every ripped garment, half-naked and thin,
Dark-faced beneath the curves of the saddle.

8. He clothes the army with armies and gives them to drink
The milk of good fortune in the meadows of date palms.