1. لَهانَ عَلَينا أَن تَمُرَّ كَأَنَّها

    هَوازِنُ طَيرٍ نِسوَةٌ مِن هَوازِنِ

    It would trouble us little if they passed, as though they were

    hawzan birds—women from Hawazin.

  2. وَأُمُّ طَويلِ الرُمحِ سَمَّتهُ مازِناً

    لَدى العَقلِ يَحكي نَملَةً أُمَّ مازِنِ

    And the long-speared man's mother named him Mazin;

    in intellect he resembles an ant, Umm Mazin.

  3. رَضيتُ بِما جاءَ القَضاءُ مُسَلِّماً

    وَضاعَ سُؤالي في حَوازٍ حَوازِنِ

    I was content with what fate brought, submitting;

    and my questioning came to nothing among grief-bringing diviners.

  4. إِذا أَنتَ أُعطيتَ الغِنى فَاِدَّخِر بِهِ

    نَثاً وَأَرِحهُ مِن خَوازٍ خَوازِنِ

    If you are given wealth, then store up with it

    good repute, and free it from disgrace-bringing hoarders.

  5. وَما أَنا إِن وُلّيتُ أَمراً بِعادِلٍ

    وَلا في قَريضِ الشِعرِ بِالمُتَوازِنِ

    And I, if put in charge of an affair, would not be just,

    nor, in composing verse, am I well-balanced.