1. أَقولُ لِفِتيانٍ مساعر أَسرَحوا

    بِأَموالِكُم أَو تَهلَكوا في الهَوالِكِ

    I tell the war-kindling young men: 'Set forth

    with your wealth, or perish amid perils.'

  2. أَنا الحُرُّ واِبنُ الحُرِّ يَحمِلُ شكتي

    طَوال الهَوادي مُشرِفاتُ الحَوانِكِ

    I am freeborn, son of al-Hurr; my arms are carried

    by long-necked steeds with high-held jaws.

  3. فَمَن يَكُ أَمسى الزَّعفَرانُ خلوقَهُ

    فَإِنَّ خَلوقي مُستَثارُ السَّنابِكِ

    If anyone's perfume at evening is saffron,

    then my perfume is the dust stirred up by hooves.

  4. إِذا ما غَنمنا مَغنَماً كانَ قِسمَةً

    وَلَم نَتَّبِع رَأيَ الشَّحيحِ المتارِكِ

    Whenever we took spoils, they were shared out,

    and we did not follow the counsel of the withholding miser.

  5. أَقولُ لَهُم كيلوا بِكُمَّةِ بَعضِكُم

    وَلا تَجعَلوني في النَدى كَاِبنِ مالِكِ

    I tell them: 'Measure out with one of your caps,

    and do not make me like Ibn Malik in generosity.'

  6. سَتَعلَمُ إِن جارَيتَني يا اِبنَ مالِكٍ

    إِلى أَيِّنا مَأوى الرِّجالِ الصَّعالِكِ

    You will learn, if you vie with me, O Ibn Malik,

    which of us the destitute men turn to for refuge.