1. Do not complain, O Ziyad, and do not
Be a target while you are protected from harm

2. Know that if they gain something
It is better and more generous than your unarmed father

3. If it were not for the Bani Al Ma'alla chief we would not
Live to face you in the morning with a massive army

4. His men walk with adversity as if they were
A fierce lion from its lair, teeth bared

5. So beware, O Ziyad, and do not be foolhardy
Among men, and a mockery for the weak