1. لعمري لقد أَمسَت حنيفةُ أَيقَنَت

    بأن ليسَ إِلاّ بالرماحِ عتابُها

    By my life, Hanifa has indeed come to know for certain

    that she can be rebuked only with spears.

  2. فخلوا طريقَ الحربِ لا تعرضوا لها

    إذا مضر الحمراء عبّ عبابُها

    So clear the path of war; do not stand in its way,

    when the flood of Mudar the Red surges.

  3. فيا حبذا قيس لدى كلِّ موطنٍ

    تزايل هامَ القومِ فيه رقابُها

    And oh, how splendid is Qays on every battlefield,

    where men's heads are parted from their necks.

  4. ومن ذا الذي لا يَجتَوي حربَ عامِرٍ

    أذا ما تلاقت كَعبُها وكِلابُها

    And who is there who does not loathe war with Amir,

    when its Ka'b and Kilab come together?

  5. لعمري لقد ضاقَت دِمَشقُ بأهِلها

    غداةَ رأوا قيساً ترفُّ عقابُها

    By my life, Damascus indeed grew too narrow for its inhabitants,

    the morning they saw Qays, its eagle-banner fluttering.