1. The raids I made were repaid in kind,
On my mare at night in Al-Ajra'a.

2. And my waking the tribe when they slept;
When people slept I did not sleep.

3. So my raid and the raid of Al-'Ubayd
Were between 'Uyaynah and Al-Aqra'.

4. And I was a warrior of renown,
Yet I got no reward and met no refusal

5. Except for the mares I was given
With their four upright legs.

6. No fortress resisted
Like Mirdas in its enclosure.

7. I was not inferior to any knight of theirs,
He whom you disparage today will not be exalted.