1. وَجَدّي عِقالٌ مَن يَكُن فاخِراً بِهِ

    عَلى الناسِ يُرفَع فَوقَ مَن شاءَ مَرفَعا

    And my grandfather is ʿIqāl; whoever takes pride in him

    is raised above the people, higher in rank than whomever he wishes.

  2. وَعَمّي الَّذي اِختارَت مَعَدٌّ حُكومَةً

    عَلى الناسِ إِذ وافَوا عُكاظَ بِها مَعا

    And my uncle, whom Maʿadd chose as arbiter

    over the people when they assembled together there at ʿUkāẓ,

  3. هُوَ الأَقرَعُ الخَيرُ الَّذي كانَ يَبتَني

    أَواخِيَ مَجدٍ ثابِتٍ أَن يُنَزَّعا

    is al-Aqraʿ the noble, who used to build

    the tethering-stakes of glory, firmly fixed against being uprooted.

  4. فَيا أَيُّهَذا المُؤتَلي لِيَنالَني

    أَبي كانَ خَيراً مِن أَبيكَ وَأَرفَعا

    So, O you who swear an oath to assail me:

    my father was better than your father, and loftier.

  5. وَهَذا أَواني اليَومَ يا آلَ نَهشَلٍ

    رَدَيتُ صَفاكُم مِن عَلٍ فَتَصَدَّعا

    And this is my hour today, O clan of Nahshal:

    I struck your rock from on high, so it split apart.

  6. رَدَيتُ بِمِرداةٍ بِما كانَ أَوَّلي

    رَداكُم فَدَنّى سَعيُكُم فَتَضَعضَعا

    I struck with a battering-stone, with what my forebear had

    struck you with; so your striving sank low and collapsed.