1. فَرَّ عبدُ العَزيزِ لَمّا رَأى الأَب

    طالَ بِالسَفحِ نازَلَوا قَطَريّا

    ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz fled when he saw the champions

    At al-Safḥ, fighting Qaṭarī.

  2. عَاهَد اللَهَ إِن نَجا مِلمَنايا

    ليَعودَنَّ بَعدَها حُرميّا

    He pledged to God that, if he escaped death,

    He would surely return afterward as a sanctuary-dweller,

  3. يَسكُنُ الخَلَّ والصِفاحَ فَمَرّا

    نَ وَسَلعاً وَتارَةً نَجديّا

    Living in al-Khall and al-Ṣifāḥ, then Marrān

    And Salʿ, and sometimes in Najd,

  4. حَيثُ لا يَشهَدُ القِتالَ وَلا يَس

    مَعُ يَوماً لِكَرِّ خَليلٍ دَويّا

    Where he would witness no battle, nor

    Ever hear the din of a friend's charge.