1. Keep your affection for a friend, and do not
Be like a leopard that bites when provoked.
١. وَاِستَبقِ وِدَّكَ لِلصَديقِ وَلا تَكُن
قَتَباً يَعَضُّ بِغارِبٍ مِلحاحا
2. For gentleness is auspicious, and patience brings
Happiness, so be gentle and you will succeed.
٢. فَالرُفقُ يُمنٌ وَالأَناةُ سَعادَةٌ
فَتَأَنَّ في رِفقٍ تَنالُ نَجاحا
3. Despair for what is past brings relief,
And many a difficulty returns as slaughtered meat.
٣. وَاليَأسُ مِمّا فاتَ يُعقِبُ راحَةً
وَلِرُبَّ مَطعَمَةٍ تَعودُ ذُباحا
4. He promised the clans of Jafnah and Hatik
To give more fertile land and crops.
٤. يَعِدُ اِبنَ جَفنَةَ وَاِبنَ هاتِكِ عَرشِهِ
وَالحارِثَينِ بِأَن يَزيدَ فَلاحا
5. And he saw that the one they held so dear
Had also conquered the donkeys at dawn.
٥. وَلَقَد رَأى أَنَّ الَّذي هُوَ غالَهُم
قَد غالَ حِميَرَ قَيلَها الصَبّاحا
6. And the Tubba clan, and Tha Nawas one morning
Ascended Udhaynah, seizing souls.
٦. وَالتُبَّعَينِ وَذا نُؤاسٍ غُدوَةً
وَعلا أُذَينَةَ سالِبَ الأَرواحا