الى امرئ نصبت قحطان رايتها

بالكف منه ورأس العز منكوس

To a man who erected the banner of Kahlan,

With his palm holding it and the head of honor bent,

فقام فيها مقاماً لا يقوم به

عمرو بن هند ولا هند وقابوس

He took a stand there that neither Amr ibn Hind

Nor Hind and Qabus could take,

مكلم بخماشات الحروب له

كأنه زلم بالعجم مضروس

Well-versed in the swords of battles, as if

He was brought up among non-Arabs and molded,

مبرأ ليس فيه للعيوب إذا

ما عيب عيب ولا في العرض تدنيس

Free of flaws when no flaw is a flaw,

And no blemish soils his honor,

ينمي به فوق خولان ويرفعه

عليهم حسب في الدهر قدموس

With it he promotes the glory of Khaulan,

Raising it above them, his lineage in ages a pillar,

وكل ساع إذا يسعى لهمته

فقد يساعده في سعيه البوس

And every time he strives for his aspiration,

Kissing assists him in his endeavor,

ولم يزل في أكيل من ابوته

نافى المذلة عن خولان عتريس

He has not ceased, since his fatherhood,

To banish humiliation from Khaulan, untamable,

حجر وحجر وعمرو كلهم رأسوا

حي قضاعة ما في القوم مرموس

Rocks, and rocks, and Amr all of them chiefs,

The living pride of his people, unyielding,

تلقاك منهم وجوه إن نزلت بهم

مثل الأهلة ما فيهن تعبيس

You are met by their faces, if you descend among them,

Like the crescent, without any frown,

سجية لا يزال العسر بنبتها

والطبع قبل اكتساب العقل مأسوس

Of easy nature, hardship cannot change it,

And the innate before acquired reason biased,

يوصي أكابرهم منهم أصاغرهم

بسورة المجد ان المجد محروس

Their elders instruct their juniors,

With the chapter of glory, that glory is protected,

حماهم وحماه عند دعوته

من مغرق صنوه والفتية الشوس

He protected them and protected him when called upon,

From the flood drowning its dam and the roaring youths,

وكل تلعاء تعلو كف ملجمها

ومخطف خطوه دفق وتكديس

And every rising wave, the palm of its turbulence,

And its mad torrent poured and heaped up,

مشرف الهاد يرتاح الندي له

فبالأكف له مسح وتحسيس

The guide to virtue rests, and for him the friend,

With palms, pats and touches,