1. أَتاني وَأَهلي بِالجَزيرَةِ مِن مِنى

    عَلى نَأيِهِم أَنَّ اِبنَ مَغراءَ قَد عَلا

    Word came to me, while my people were in al-Jazira, from Mina,

    Despite their distance, that Ibn Maghra’ had risen high.

  2. فَإِنّي لَقاضٍ بَينَ جَعدَةِ عامِرٍ

    وَسَعدٍ قَضاءً يَتبَعُ الحَقَّ فَيصَلا

    So I shall surely judge between Ja‘da of ‘Amir

    And Sa‘d, with a decisive judgment that follows the truth.

  3. أَبو جَعدَةَ الذِئبُ الخَبيثُ طَعامُهُ

    وَعَوفُ بنُ كَعبٍ كانَ أَكرَمَ أَوَّلا

    Abu Ja‘da is the wolf, whose food is foul,

    And ‘Awf ibn Ka‘b was nobler from the first.

  4. تَعافُ الكِلابُ الضارِياتُ لَحومَكُم

    وَيَأكُلنَ مِن أَولادِ سَعدٍ وَنَهشَلا

    The ravenous dogs spurn your flesh,

    Yet they feed on the offspring of Sa‘d and Nahshal.