1. فدونك مُقْربَةً لا تُساط

    كَرهاً بسوط ولا تُركلُ

    So take a prized mare, not lashed

    against her will with a whip, nor kicked;

  2. مهذبةً لا كقول الهُذاء

    ممن يسيء ومن يعمل

    refined, unlike the speech of babblers,

    from those who do ill and those who labor.

  3. وما ضّرها إن كعباً توى

    وفوّزَ من بعده جَرْولُ

    And what harm has she suffered if Kaʿb has perished

    and Jarwal, after him, has died?