1. يا منْ فَخارُ تميمٍ

    بهِ وكلِّ القَبائلْ

    O you through whom Tamim finds glory,

    and all the tribes as well;

  2. ومن له قُسُّ أضْحى

    عبداً وسحْبانُ وائل

    And you, to whom Quss has become

    a slave, and Sahban of Wa'il too:

  3. ما حامِلٌ لِعُلومٍ

    أصاب فيها الأوائلْ

    What bearer of learning,

    in which the ancients succeeded,

  4. لا يستطيعُ كلاماً

    اِلا اجابةَ سائلْ

    cannot speak

    except to answer a questioner,

  5. عن الغزالةِ يروي

    والزِّبرقانِ الفضائل

    recounting the sun's

    and the moon's virtues?