1. Though poetry fails to describe his merit
And praise falls short of his glorious fame,

2. I praise him as best I can, for every man
Does what strength and effort allow.

3. If I could, I would not utter a word
Save those his glory moves me to express.

4. He is the rain hoped for, the bounty sought;
His vehemence feared, his strictness grave.

5. As though the glorious deeds of Zainab's son
And his horse that broke the ranks were his.

6. A peerless knight of Tameem aided him,
As did the nobleman of Quraish by himself.