1. يُسائِلُنِي مُعاوِيَةُ بْنُ هِنْدٍ:

    لَقِيتَ أَبا سُلالَةِ عَبْدِ شَمْسٍ؟

    Mu‘awiyah, son of Hind, asks me:

    "Have you met the father of ‘Abd Shams’s offspring?"

  2. فَقُلْتُ لَهُ رَأَيْتُ أَباكَ شَيْخاً

    كَبِيرَ السِّنِّ مَضْرُوباً بِطِمْسِ

    So I said to him, "I saw your father, an old man,

    advanced in age, stricken with blindness;

  3. يَقُودُ بِهِ أُفَيْحِجُ عَبْدُ سُوءٍ

    فَقالَ: بَلِ ابْنُهُ، لِيُزِيلَ لُبْسِي

    a bowlegged little fellow, a vile slave, was leading him along."

    Then he said, "Rather, his son," to dispel my confusion.