1. My friend who called me from Saad's tribe
I have a love other than what you both find

2. My friend, I have nothing, no comfort or shelter
These lovelorn gazelles have bound me

3. My friend, who do I have in this land when
The daughter of Bakri's place is no longer my place

4. Shawqi despaired of me and his love
Though we are so different, he and I

5. I say, as his party's guide went ahead
Our eyes are like two pools brimming over

6. Oh would that I had two eyes to see you
From afar sometimes, and weep

7. My friends say I carried and left
The place of the horses though they surrounded me

8. I'm only the son of travels and elopement
So none can restrain me

9. Whoever criticizes his time with misers
I live virtuously in the best of times

10. The blades of their swords defend me from harm
And my tongue protects their honor

11. Around me are their spears and drawn swords
Like straight tall spears and bare swords

12. Whoever endures in the land of disgrace
I have honor that cannot be marred

13. We are like Suhail bin Al Waleed and his people
After a meal or morning drink

14. People whose horses are tied between their homes
Stallions from Khifaana and studs

15. You see spears around their homes
Like the blossoms of the willows leaning

16. Their neighbor atop the fortress and alongside
Is the dear neighbor of the lion in its den

17. They inherited from Khalid bin Khwaylid
The bright and shining sun and moon

18. Their grandfather displayed his spear
In battle, with rising smoke

19. They prevented Dahhak the lands of Minbaj
With a sword that splits solid rock

20. On the day of Zuhaaf, the confused day they left
The dust of Zuhaaf, bloodied

21. Among them is Suhail bin Al Waleed, but he
Is the companion of kings, the springtime of an era

22. The greatest son of a woman from Ma'add who speaks Arabic
The best Shami, the best Yemeni

23. The leader of a glorious people, no leader compares
Unique in my life, none approach his stature

24. Delegations of praise gather around him
No generous man in mighty hosts compares

25. When they recite his praise atop the couches
You'd think they were reading the Quran

26. A young man the youth boast of over others
While civilization and all people apologize

27. Abu Othman sufficed me against all the stingy
And the Provider has sufficed me when He sufficed me

28. He promised me kindness in all situations
And times, so even if I don't come to him, he'll come to me

29. All of Akk protected me with their own eyes
Yes, they all protected me when they protected me

30. Oh the lands will never be devoid of you, nor will
Abu Ahmed cease to remain while your equal, I am here

31. These vast courts will never cease to be
Adorned with guests and an asylum for people