1. لعن الإله الناسَ إلا مسلماً

    والدهر بعد عبيدة بن الأعور

    May God curse all people save Muslim,

    And time after Ubayda son of al-A‘war.

  2. بعد امرئٍ والله لم يك عاجزاً

    عند الحروب ولا ضعيف المكسر

    After a man who, by God, was not helpless

    In war, nor weak in mettle.

  3. إما جنيتُ عليه حرباً حاطني

    ولجأت تحت لبان ليثٍ مُخدر

    Whenever I brought war upon him, he protected me,

    And I took refuge beneath the breast of a lion in his lair.

  4. فمضى وغادرني أعالج بعده

    حربَ النَّوائب في زمانٍ مُدبر

    Then he passed away and left me, after him, to struggle

    With the war of calamities in an age that turns its back.