1. أَضَرَّ بِأَخفافِ البُغَيلَةِ أَنَّها

    حِذارَ اِبنِ رِبعِيٍّ بِهِنَّ رُجومُ

    The little she-mule’s hooves have suffered because she,

    for fear of Ibn Rib‘i, pounds the ground with them.

  2. فَإِن تَكُ حَربٌ بَينَ قَومي وَقَومِها

    فَإِنّي لَها في كُلِّ نائِبَةٍ سَلمُ

    And if there is war between my people and hers,

    then I am at peace with her in every calamity.