تُنازِعُني ضُبيعَةُ أَمرَ قَومي

وَما كانَت ضُبَيعَةُ لِلأُمورِ

The slave girl presumes to manage my people's affairs,

Yet slave girls should not manage affairs.

وَهَل كانَت ضُبَيعَةُ غَيرَ عَبدٍ

ضَمَمناهُ إِلى نَسَبٍ شَطيرِ

Was she ever more than a slave

Whom we attached to a noble lineage?

وَأَوصاني أَب فَحَفَظتُ عَنهُ

بِفَكِّ الغِلِّ عَن عُنُقِ الأَسيرِ

My father commanded me to protect them,

So I defend prisoners from their shackles.

وَأَوصى جَحدَرٌ فَوقي بَنِيه

بِإِرسالِ القُرّاد عَلى البَعيرِ

Jahdar commanded me to watch over his sons

By sending couriers with messages on camelback.