1. After Mubashshir and my father Ubayd,
And Ma'yuf, noble and virtuous,

2. And after my father, father of Al-Attar, I hope
For constancy of fate or pact of nights.

3. The elders of Bani Ubayd surrendered me
To a quarter of fitting peers.

4. I inherited their swords, and they passed, generous,
But swords are useless without men.