1. How can you say the tribe of Bani Tamim
Has any claim over me, when they need my aid?

2. Are they not the defenders of war whenever
They camp by the pass awaiting allies?

3. And how often have I come to the aid
Of an exhausted warrior when he called on me?

4. O clan of Abdul Madan, if you go astray
The tribes of Banu Qanan have not erred.

5. They meet the foe with lions of Ghayl
And dreams of swaying, well-knit spears.

6. When they brandish their lofty spears they make them flow,
And they rush to strike and stab.

7. The slaves, the clan of Ziyad, have never met
Sword or spear in battle.

8. Wretched are those made proud by the clan of Ziyad
When once they were the lowliest of slaves.

9. The slaves inherited the clan of Al-Husayn
By the years gone by.

10. They are your lords though over you
They have the prior rights of former wins.