1. فِدىً لِاِبنِ حِصنٍ ما أُريحُ فَإِنَّهُ

    ثِمالُ اليَتامى عِصمَةٌ في المَهالِكِ

    May all I bring home at dusk be ransom for Ibn Hisn, for he is

    The orphans’ refuge, a safeguard amid deadly perils.

  2. سَما لِعُكاظٍ مِن بَعيدٍ وَأَهلِها

    بِأَلفَينِ حَتّى دُسنَهُم بِالسَنابِكِ

    He advanced from afar against Ukaz and its people,

    With two thousand, till the horses trampled them under hoof.

  3. فَباعَ بَنيهِم بَعضُهُم بِخُشارَةٍ

    وَبِعتَ لِذُبيانَ العَلاءَ بِمالِكِ

    Then some of them sold their sons for poor-quality dates,

    And you bought glory for Dhubyan with your wealth.

  4. وَقَومٍ لَحا لَحوَ العِصِيِّ فَأَصبَحوا

    مَراميلَ بَعدَ الوَفرِ بيضَ المَبارِكِ

    And many a tribe he stripped as rods are stripped of bark, leaving them

    Destitute after plenty, their camels’ resting grounds white and bare.

  5. وَبِكرٍ فَلاها عَن نَعيمٍ غَريرَةٍ

    مُصاحِبَةٍ عَلى الكَراهينَ فارِكِ

    And many a guileless maiden he weaned from luxury,

    A wife against her will, loathing her husband.

  6. يَقُلنَ لَها لا تَجزَعي أَن تَبَدَّلي

    بِبَعلِكِ بَعلاً وَالخُطوبُ كَذَلِكِ

    The women tell her, ‘Do not grieve at exchanging

    Your husband for another—such are life’s calamities.’