1. Lo! Say to the mortals that a mortal at dawn
With horses like gazelles, adorned, caparisoned,

2. Is charging, driven on by Amr and Ubaydah,
Redeemed through thrusting amidst the fracas with mother and sire.

3. There no old woman shall weep for her son
So rejoice at the stabbing of snub-nosed lances.

4. Have you not seen us - by Allah - prevail
And whoever conquers fortunes with evil is conquered?

5. We have returned to the marshes, and the horses neighing
For good, so long as you have not pelted us with abuses.