1. If Abu Qubays can overcome me,
You will find me with him, in good standing,

2. You will find me; absent I was better than you,
More eloquent in speech and sharp of tooth.

3. And what people are more treacherous than Sham,
With his unsheathed tongue ever ready.

4. For the treachery of Ma‘add is well-known,
He built it among the tribes of Dhubyan.

5. And indeed the stallion is gelded,
And becomes lackluster, scraped of virility.