1. Quraysh say when their power waned,
"We think Ibn Hind's son seeks Ibn Ja'far."

2. So he pays off thousands upon thousands of debts
And his needs are met, none delayed.

3. So I said, "Spare me! Not father of your father!
None of you can repay him but the one-eyed."

4. Is he not the young man of Bat'ha you deny?
The first whose cheeks my sword's edge caressed?

5. Abu Ja'far had led his people,
None aided him in war but Haydar.

6. Thousands upon thousands - hush! - for Ibn Ja'far,
Many they are! Their like to me's no shame.

7. Envy him not, act as he acted,
You'll never catch him, wherever he appeared.