1. جَزى اللَهُ خَيراً وَالجَزاءُ بِكَفِّهِ

    عَلى خَيرِ ما يَجزي الرِجالَ بَغيضا

    May God reward with good—and recompense is in His hand—

    Baghīḍ, with the best reward He grants men.

  2. فَلَو شاءَ إِذ جِئناهُ صَدَّ فَلَم يُلَم

    وَصادَفَ مَنأىً في البِلادِ عَريضا

    For had he wished, when we came to him, he could have turned us away without blame,

    And found a spacious refuge far away in the land.

  3. تَدارَكتَنا حَتّى اِستَقَلَّت رِماحُنا

    فَعِشنا وَأَلقَينا إِلَيكَ جَريضا

    You came to our rescue until our spears stood upright,

    So we lived, and laid our choking anguish before you.

  4. فَكُنتُ كَذاتِ العُشِّ جادَت بِعُشِّها

    لِأَفراخِها حَتّى أَطَقنَ نُهوضا

    So I was like a nesting bird that freely gave her nest

    To her chicks, until they had the strength to take flight.