1. أَلا مَن مُبلِغٌ عَنّي رَبيعاً

    فَما أَحدَثتَ في الحَدَثانِ بَعدي

    Ah, who will carry word from me to Rabīʿ?

    So what have you done amid time's vicissitudes in my absence?

  2. أَبوكَ أَبو الفَعالِ أَبو بَراءٍ

    وَخالُكَ ماجِدٌ حَكَمُ بنُ سَعدِ

    Your father is Abū Barāʾ, father of noble deeds,

    and your maternal uncle is the noble Ḥakam ibn Saʿd.

  3. بَني أُمِّ البَنينِ أَلَم يَرُعكُم

    وَأَنتُم مِن ذَوائِبِ أَهلِ نَجدِ

    O sons of Umm al-Banīn, did it not alarm you—

    you who are among the foremost of Najd's people—

  4. تَهَكُّمُ عامِرٍ بِأَبي بَراءٍ

    لِيُخفِرَهُ وَما خَطَأٌ كَعَمدِ

    that ʿĀmir mocked Abū Barāʾ

    to dishonor his pledged protection? And a mistake is not like a deliberate act.