1. وَلَكِن أَبي لَو قَد سَأَلتَ وَجَدتَهُ

    تَوَسَّطَ مِنها العِزَّ وَالحَسَبَ الضَخما

    But had you asked, you would have found my father

    at the heart of their glory and great ancestral honor.

  2. وَلَستَ بِلاقٍ سَيِّداً سادَ مالِكاً

    فَتَنسُبُهُ إِلا أَباً ليَ أَو عَمّا

    And no chief you meet who has led Malik

    will prove, when you trace his lineage, anything but a father or paternal uncle of mine.

  3. سَتَعلَمُ إِن عادَيتَني فَقعَ قَرقَرٍ

    أَمالاً أَفَدتَ لا أَبا لَكَ أَو عُدما

    You will learn, if you make an enemy of me, O truffle of a level plain,

    whether you have gained wealth—may you have no father!—or destitution.

  4. لَقَد أَبقَتِ الأَيّامُ مِنّي وَحَرسُها

    لأَعدائِنا ثُكلاً وحُسّادِنا رَغما

    Indeed, the days and their watch have left enough of me

    to bereave our enemies and humiliate our enviers.