1. Among us are those chosen as the most clement of men,
And the most virtuous when misfortunes blow as gales,

2. Among us is he who gave the Prophet gifts
Of Tameem's captives while their eyes were shining bright,

3. Among us is he who gives two hundred and buys back
The prisoners, his merit rising over the defender's might,

4. Among us a speaker beyond reproach and a warrior
Most valiant when rallied by the assembling crowds,

5. Among us are those who revived the lost traditions -
Wa'eed, Ghalib, Amr - and among us, chamberlains and the blind,

6. Among us are youths who at dawn rushed to battle,
When the morning fires were lit under the cooking pots,

7. Among us is he who led the steeds against
Najran till the returning horses overcame it,

8. Those were my forefathers, so bring me their equals
When you gather us, O Jarir, in the assembling crowds,

9. They brought me up till I towered over you,
With heroes, and among us are warriors and defenders,

10. With them I mount whatever a yielding camel kneels for,
And wrestle down my peers whom I wrestle and fight,

11. How strange, that Kulayb should insult me,
As if her sire were Nahshal or Mujashi`,

12. Does she glory that Kulayb struck Nahshal down,
When no Kulayb is Nahshal among the springing does?

13. Nay, but they both are my uncles from Malik's clan,
So cease, for the ways to you are closed,

14. Unless you seek protection in Nahshal,
You are a weakling, O son of Maragha, brought low!