1. أَعَيَّرتُموني أَن دَعَتني أَخاهُمُ

    سُلَيمٌ وَأَعطَتني بِأَيمانِها سَعدُ

    Have you reproached me for being called their brother

    by Sulaym, while Saʿd offered me its right hands in pledge?

  2. فَكُنتُ وَسيطاً في سُلَيمٍ مُعاقِداً

    لِسَعدٍ وَسَعدٌ ما يُحَلُّ لَها عَقدُ

    So I held noble standing among Sulaym, bound by covenant

    to Saʿd—and no covenant of Saʿd's is undone.

  3. صَبَبتُ عَلَيكُم حاصِبي فَتَركتُكُم

    كَأَصرامِ عادٍ حينَ جَلَّلَها الرُمدُ

    I poured my storm of stones upon you and left you

    like the clans of ʿĀd when destruction engulfed them.