1. Every wretched day Qais is pushed forward,
And in prosperity his sins are recited.
١. تُقَدَّمُ قَيْسٌ كُلَّ يَوْمِ كَرِيهَةٍ
ويُثْنَى عَلَيْهَا في الرَّخَاءِ ذُنُوبُهَا
2. And I rely on a people whose brother
Sufficed them, attacking enemies where their ranks were split.
٢. وأَعْمَدُ مِنْ قَوْمٍ كَفَاهُمْ أَخُوهُمُ
صِدَامَ الأَعَادِي حَيْثُ فُلَّتْ نُيُوبُهَا