1. دَعينا اِبنةَ الكَعبِيِّ وَالمَجدَ والعُلى

    وَرَاعي صِواراً بِالمَدينَةِ أَحسَبا

    Leave us, daughter of al-Kaʿbī, to glory and eminence,

    and tend a tawny herd of wild cattle in Medina.

  2. أَبوكَ الذِي لَمّا أَتى مَرجَ راهِطٍ

    وَقَد أَلَّبوا لِلشَّرِّ فيمَن تَأَلَّبا

    Your father is he who, when he came to Marj Rāhiṭ,

    while they had mustered for evil among those who banded together,

  3. تَشَنَّأَ للأَعدَاءِ حَتّى إِذا اِنتَهوا

    إِلى أَمرِهِ طَوعًا وَكَرهًا تَحَبَّبا

    showed hostility to his enemies until, when they submitted

    to his command, willingly or unwillingly, he endeared himself to them.