1. You asked how I was that day I met misfortune
The tribe of Hawazin thought my power was lost
١. هلا سألتَ بيومي رحرحان وقد
ظنَّتْ هوازن أن العزَّ قد زالا
2. Those noble virtues are not of curdled milk
Turned grey by water, rather they endure and grow
٢. تلك المكارم لا قَعْبانِ من لبنٍ
شيبا بماءٍ فعادا بعْد أبوالا