1. With oaths of glorious might ascending on high,
A folk who trace back their line to honored Qussay.

2. The horses champ the bits as though they were
Mares with their young, kept apart from the herd.

3. With reason sound they form their plan of battle
For every keen mind that unfolds its thought.

4. I gave them, adorned in mail and armed for war,
Eloquence drawn from script and nature's law.

5. So to them the kings' prey has become submissive,
To each stalwart whose bonds grip it in hold.

6. One whose favor brings near, like Zainab's vizier,
Though aloof, as when barriers rise between.

7. A youth whom compliance delights not through mildness
Nor anger deters him from bounty, for all his wrath.