1. أَلَم تَرَ لِلحَريشِ بِقاعِ بَدرٍ

    تُخاطِرُنا وَقَد لَجَّ الخِطارُ

    Have you not seen al-Harish on the plain of Badr,

    challenging us when the contest had grown fierce?

  2. إِذا خَفَضوا رَفَعتُ لَهُمُ عَصاهُم

    كَما يُخشى عَلى الشُمُسِ النَفارُ

    Whenever they slacken, I raise their staff for them,

    as one fears that restive horses may bolt.

  3. فَإِنّي في بَني كَعبٍ لَصِهرٌ

    وَجارٌ بَعدُ إِن نَفَعَ الجِوارُ

    For I am indeed an in-law among Banu Ka'b,

    and a neighbor besides, if neighborly protection avails.

  4. لَعَلَّكُمُ عَلى حُبّي كِلاباً

    بِذاتِ ضَغينَةٍ فيها وِجارُ

    Perhaps you, because of my love for Kilab,

    harbor a grudge with a lair within it.

  5. وَكَم مِن نِعمَةٍ لِبَني كِلابٍ

    لَها أَرَجٌ كَما فُضُّ العِطارُ

    And many a favor belongs to Banu Kilab,

    whose fragrance is like perfume freshly unsealed.

  6. وَخَيرٌ كانَ عِندَ بَني كِلابٍ

    أَعاروهُ وَرَدّوا ما اِستَعاروا

    And the bounty that lay with Banu Kilab—

    they lent it, and returned what they borrowed.