1. قَومٌ إِذا اِعتُقِلوا الرِماح كَأَنَّها

    الفات خَط طُرسَها لا مات

    A people whose spears, when they couch them, are like

    Alifs of a script whose parchment is lams.

  2. لا يَعرفِون سِوى الهبات فَذكرهم

    حَيٌّ وَلا نعم لَهُم أَموات

    They know nothing but gifts, so their memory is

    Alive, and none of their favors are dead.

  3. وَبِهم رَشاً إِن رُمتُهُ فَقِوامُهُ

    أَلف وَرَسم قِوامِهِ لا مات

    And among them is a gazelle fawn: if I seek him, his stature is

    An alif, and his figure’s outline is lams.