لقد جاء مسعودٌ أخو الأزد غدوةً

لقد جاء مسعودٌ أخو الأزد غدوةً

بداهيةٍ غرّاء باد حجولُها

بداهيةٍ غرّاء باد حجولُها

Indeed, Masʿūd, kinsman of the Azd, came at daybreak

Indeed, Masʿūd, a kinsman of al-Azd, came early one morning,

with a conspicuous, white-blazed calamity, its fetlock markings plain to see.

With a bright-faced calamity, its anklets plainly showing,

من الشر ظل الناس فيها كأنهم

من الشر ظل الناس فيها كأنهم

وقد جاء بالأخبار من لا يحيلها

وقد جاء بالأخبار من لا يحيلها

From its evil, the people remained in its grip as though they—

Of evil, amid which the people remained as though they...

and one who does not falsify the news has come bearing it.

And the news had indeed been brought by one who does not distort it.