بَيْنَ السِّهَامِ وَبَيْنَ كُتْبِكَ نِسْبَةٌ

بَيْنَ السِّهَامِ وَبَيْنَ كُتْبِكَ نِسْبَةٌ

فَبِهَا يُصَابُ مِنَ الْعَدُوِّ الْمَقْتَلُ

فَبِهَا يُصَابُ مِنَ الْعَدُوِّ الْمَقْتَلُ

There is a likeness between arrows and your writings:

Between your arrows and your writings there is a proportion

For with them the enemy's vital spot is struck.

By which the enemy is slain

وَإِذَا أَرَدْتَ لَهَا زِيَادَةَ نِسْبَةٍ

وَإِذَا أَرَدْتَ لَهَا زِيَادَةَ نِسْبَةٍ

هَذِي وَهَذِي فِي الْكِنَانَةِ تُجْعَلُ

هَذِي وَهَذِي فِي الْكِنَانَةِ تُجْعَلُ

And if you wish for a further likeness between them,

And if you want to increase that proportion

Both these and those are placed in the quiver.

This and this in the quiver are made