1. جَرَّبتُ آلَ الغَوثِ ثُمَّ تَرَكتُهُم

    مُتَخَيِّراً وَالجارُ قَبلَ الدارِ

    I tested the house of al-Ghawth, then left them,

    choosing with care—for the neighbor comes before the house.

  2. السابِقينَ إِلى مُناخِ مَطِيَّتي

    لَمّا تَدافَعَتِ العَريبُ جِواري

    Those first to reach the halting place of my mount,

    when the Arabs each left my protection to the others;

  3. وَالضارِبينَ عَلَيَّ بَيتَ زِمامَةٍ

    خَسَأَ العَدُوَّ فَما يُطيقُ ضِراري

    and those who pitched over me a tent of protection

    that repelled the enemy, leaving him powerless to harm me.

  4. أَعظَمتُمُ حَسَبي وَلَمّا تَحفِلوا

    ما رَثَّ مِن سَلَبي وَلا أَطماري

    You honored my ancestry and paid no heed

    to my threadbare garments or my rags.

  5. وَعَرَفتُمُ مِنّي مَخيلَةَ سُؤدُدٍ

    خَفِيَت وَراءَ مَلابِسِ الإِقتارِ

    And you discerned in me a sign of nobility

    hidden behind the garments of poverty.

  6. كَيفَ اِعتِرافي لِلزَمانِ وَرَيبِهِ

    فِعلَ الذَليلِ وَأَنتُمُ أَنصاري

    How could I submit to time and its misfortunes

    like a man brought low, when you are my champions?

  7. أَجمَمتُمُ في الصُبحِ راعي هَجمَتي

    وَكَفَيتُمُ بِاللَيلِ مَوقِدَ ناري

    You gave the keeper of my camel herd rest at dawn,

    and at night relieved the kindler of my fire.