1. أَنا اِبنُ خَلدَةَ وَالأَغَر

    رِ وَمالِكَينِ وَساعِدَه

    I am the son of Khalda and al-Agharr,

    and the two Maliks and Sa'ida,

  2. وَسَراةِ قَومِكِ إِن بَعَثتِ

    لِأَهلِ يَثرِبَ ناشِدَه

    and of the chiefs of your people. If you send

    an inquirer to the people of Yathrib,

  3. فَسَعَيتِ في دورِ الظَوا

    هِرِ وَالبَواطِنِ جاهِدَه

    and then search through the houses of the outer

    districts and the inner ones, striving hard,

  4. فَلتُصبِحَنَّ وَأَنتِ ما

    لِيَقينِ عِلمِكِ حامِدَه

    then you will surely find yourself not

    grateful for what you know for certain.

  5. أَلمُطعِمونَ إِذا سِنو

    نَ المَحلِ تُصبِحُ راكِدَه

    Those who feed others when the years

    of drought linger,

  6. قَمَعَ التَوامِكِ في جِفا

    نِ الحورِ تُصبِحُ جامِدَه

    on the fatty tips of lofty humps, in bowls

    of poplar, where the fat turns solid.