1. نَجَّى ابنَ نُعمانَ عَوفاً مِن أَسِنَّتِنَا

    إيغالهُ الرَّكضَ لمَّا شالَتِ الجِذَمُ

    ‘Awf son of Nu‘man was saved from our spearheads

    by his headlong gallop when the broken spear-shafts rose,

  2. حتَّى أَتَى الدَّهنا يُواعِسُهُ

    واللَّهُ يَعلَمُ بالصَّمَّانِ ما جَشِمُوا

    until he reached al-Dahna, pressing through its sands.

    And God knows what they endured in al-Samman,

  3. حتَّى انتَهَوا لِمِيَاهِ الجَوفِ ظاهِرةً

    ما لَم تَسِر قَبلَهُم عَادٌ ولا إرَمُ

    until they reached the waters of al-Jawf at midday—

    a distance neither ‘Ad nor Iram had traveled before them.