1. The knight Antara complained of the fatigue of his she-camel
And so he rode upon her back and tightened the ropes

2. Do not complain to me, seek pasture in the valleys
And drink from the abundant plain its flowing water

3. Free of hand and tongue, long of speech
Selling the secret of faint morning words

4. So his resolute she-camel underestimated the burden of provisions
And the far journey in the darkness of night

5. His journey takes him to visit the tents of Arabs
At the abodes of the generous and the virtuous

6. So she passed by Abu Sharik and did not wrong
Her love for Malik or others

7. Where women warriors do not deny their nature
When their mothers urge them in duels

8. They hamstring the camels for the raiders
At every lair filled with rogues

9. Lazy in their bonds, slow in the scales
They imagine the image of ignoramuses

10. Their concern is the one-eyed humbler
Selling the winds to the wretched left-handed

11. The ancestors raised him to the summit of glory
And he did not rely on his uncles

12. So desires recognized his excellence
When his nobility bloomed, so a good shelter for men

13. And excellent is the young man when perils arrive
And the claim of disasters is for fighting

14. A teacher who strikes the armored one with the sword
When he advances below the ridge of hillocks

15.
You blocked Al-Harith ibn Ka'b

16. The most honorable among you in his glory by ten merits
You are the defenders on the side of honor

17. By you is the limit of the chapter of heroes
And the protectors showing kindness to the lowly

18. The prosperous among you in every state
And refuge of the weak in days of trial

19. When the longing of the north wind wails
And by the seperation in speech for the unkempt plan

20. That frustrates the fault-finder of fights
And by bearing the great at the knot of war

21. When every hunter's possessions are few
And by repelling the opponents, burdensome

22. As the agitation of camels has mandated
And by the running of the steeds that pelt

23. With arrowheads as if they were ihsaal
And by the despair of the determined then

24. From the frequent returning of travellers
And by revealing the fog with wise opinion