1. إِذا شِئتَ أَن تَلقى المَناعَةَ فَاِستَجِر

    خِذامَ بنَ زَيدٍ إِن أَجارَ خِذامُ

    If you wish to find protection, then seek refuge with

    Khidham son of Zayd, if Khidham grants protection.

  2. دَعَوتُ أَبا الجَبّارِ أَختَصُّ مالِكاً

    وَلَم يَكُ قِدماً مَن أَجَرتَ يُضامُ

    I called upon Abu al-Jabbar, singling out Malik,

    And in times past, no one you sheltered was wronged.

  3. فَقامَ أَبو الجَبّارِ يَهتَزُّ لِلنَدى

    كَما اِهتَزَّ عَضبُ الشَفرَتَينِ حُسامُ

    Then Abu al-Jabbar rose, quivering with eagerness to give,

    As a keen, double-edged sword quivers.

  4. وَكُنتُ سَناماً مِن فَزارَةَ تامِكاً

    وَفي كُلِّ قَومٍ ذِروَةٌ وَسَنامُ

    And I was a towering hump among Fazara,

    And among every people there is a summit and a hump.

  5. فَنَكَّبتَ عَنّي الشارِعينَ وَلَم أَكُن

    مَخافَةَ شَرِّ الشارِعينَ أَنامُ

    So you turned the assailants away from me; I had not been able

    To sleep for fear of the assailants' harm.