وَداعٍ دَعاني وَالأَسِنَّةُ دونَهُ

وَداعٍ دَعاني وَالأَسِنَّةُ دونَهُ

صَبَبتُ عَلَيهِ بِالجَوابِ جَوادي

صَبَبتُ عَلَيهِ بِالجَوابِ جَوادي

And a challenger called to me, with spearheads between us;

A parting friend bid me adieu, though yearning held me back,

I sent my steed surging upon him in reply.

I poured on him my streaming generosity.

جَنَبتُ إِلى مَهري المَنيعِيِّ مُهرَهُ

جَنَبتُ إِلى مَهري المَنيعِيِّ مُهرَهُ

وَجَلَّلتُ مِنهُ بِالنَجيعِ نِجادِ

وَجَلَّلتُ مِنهُ بِالنَجيعِ نِجادِ

I led his colt alongside my Manīʿī colt,

I turned my steed aside unto my kinsman hight Meheir,

And covered my sword-belt with his gore.

And from him took as gifts the noblest of horses.