1. سَعيد بن عثمان أَميرٌ مُروّع

    تَراهُ إِذا ما عايَنَ الحَربَ أَجزَرا

    Sa'id ibn Uthman is a terror-stricken commander;

    Whenever he beholds war, you see him ripe for slaughter.

  2. وَمازالَ يَومُ السُّغدِ يرعد خائِفاً

    مِنَ الرَّوعِ حَتَّى خِفتُ أَن يَتنَصَّرا

    And on the day of Sogd he kept trembling, afraid,

    From terror, until I feared he would turn Christian.

  3. فَلَولا بَنو حَربٍ لَهدت عُروشكم

    بطون العظايا مِن كَسير وأَعورا

    But for the sons of Harb, your thrones would have been toppled

    By lizard-bellies, broken-limbed and one-eyed.