1. يا زُفَرُ بنُ الحارثِ بنِ الأكرمِ

    قد كنتَ في الحربِ كريمَ المَقدمِ

    O Zufar, son of al-Harith, son of the noblest,

    You were indeed noble in your advance in war,

  2. إذ أحجمَ القومُ ولمّا تحجِمِ

    انك وابنَيكَ وصَلتُم مَحرَمي

    When the men drew back, and you had not yet drawn back.

    Indeed, you and your two sons upheld my bond of kinship,

  3. بعدَ العوالي بعدَ ما ذبَّ فمي

    وحَقَنَ اللهُ بأيديكم دَمي

    After the long spears, after my mouth had gone dry.

    And God, through your hands, spared my blood,

  4. والرمحُ يَهتَزُّ اهتزازَ المحجمِ

    من بعد ما اختلَّ السنانُ مِعصَمي

    While the spear quivered like a cupping lancet,

    After the spearhead had pierced through my wrist.

  5. أنقذتني من بطلٍ مُعَمَّمِ

    والخيلُ تحتَ العارِضِ المسوّمِ

    You rescued me from a turbaned champion,

    And the horses beneath the cloudlike host marked with insignia.