1. قَد أَخَذنا عَنكُم رِواية صدق

    هِيَ حَقٌّ لِأَنَّها ذات ثَبتِ

    We have received from you a truthful account.

    It is true, for it has firm proof.

  2. إِنَّ بَعض الأَنام أَقرى ضُيوفاً

    فَرَماهُم مِن الأَكول بِمقتِ

    Indeed, someone among humankind entertained guests,

    then assailed them with loathing because of the glutton.

  3. لَيسَ بدعا فَقَد تَجيء الرَزايا

    فاجآت فَلا تخصُّ بِوَقتِ

    This is nothing unprecedented, for calamities may come

    unexpectedly, and are not confined to any time.

  4. قَد أَخَذنا اِرتفاعها فإذا هي

    دَرجات أَتَت عَلى غَير سَمتِ

    We measured its elevation, and behold, it was

    degrees reached along the wrong bearing.