1. تُنيخُ منه مُعْمَلُ المَطِيِّ

    منْ أرْحبيَّاتٍ وأرْحَبيِّ

    The hard-driven riding camels kneel before him,

    Of Arḥab breed, female and male,

  2. تَعومُ في بحرِ دُجىً لُجِيِّ

    بين سَحيقِ الغورِ والنَّجْديِّ

    Swimming in a deep sea of darkness,

    Between the deep lowland and the highland,

  3. مَعْروقَةً بالقَرَبِ الخِمْسيِّ

    هاجِرَةَ الصَّمْعاءِ والنَّصِيِّ

    Worn lean by the five-day trek to water,

    Forsaking ṣamʿāʾ and naṣiyy grasses,

  4. طامحةً للرَّغَدِ الرِّيفِيِّ

    إلى كريم النَّجْرِ خِنْدِفِيِّ

    Yearning for the plenty of fertile lands,

    Toward a noble-born man of Khindif,

  5. جَمِّ رَمادِ الموْقِدِ الذَّكِيِّ

    ضارب رأس البطلِ الكَميِّ

    With abundant ash from his blazing hearth,

    Who strikes the armored champion’s head,

  6. ومُطْعِم الضِّيفانِ بالعَشِيِّ

    وسَيِّدِ الهَيْجاءِ والنَّدِيِّ

    And feeds guests in the evening,

    And is lord of battle and assembly,

  7. ومُحْرِزِ المُمَنَّعِ القَصِيِّ

    من كلِّ مَجْدٍ فاخِرٍ سَنِيِّ

    And wins what is well-defended and remote

    Among all splendid, lofty honors,

  8. بيْنَ حُروفِ الخطِّ والخَطِّي

    بالبأسِ والعَزْمَةِ والرَّويِّ

    Between the written word and the Khaṭṭī spear,

    With valor, firm resolve, and considered judgment.

  9. إلى أبي جعفرٍ الأبيِّ

    إلى الوزيرِ البطلِ السَّخيِّ

    To Abū Jaʿfar, the unbowed,

    To the minister, the generous hero,

  10. أبْلَجُ مثْلُ الكوكبِ الدُّرِيِّ

    يجْلو الدُّجى بواضِحٍ مُضيِّ

    Radiant-faced, like a glittering star,

    He dispels darkness with clear, shining light.

  11. بَنانُهُ مِنْ جودِهِ الوَبْليِّ

    يُغْني عن الوسْميِّ والوَليِّ

    His fingertips, through his torrential bounty,

    Make autumn’s first rains and those that follow needless.

  12. فاسْتَبْشَرتْ بشبَعٍ ورِيِّ

    وركْبُها بالرَّغَدِ الخُلْدِيِّ

    So they rejoiced at food and drink in plenty,

    And their riders at paradisal ease.