ثَلاثونَ أَلفاً كُلُّها طَبَرِيَّةٌ

دَعا لي بِها لَمّا رَأى الصَكَّ صالِحُ

Thirty thousand, all of them Tabariyyah

He called upon me to give them when he saw the deed valid

دَعا بِالزُيوفِ الناقِصات وَإِنَّما

عَطاءُ أَبي الفَضل الجِياد الرَواجِحُ

He called for the deficient saddlebags, yet truly

The gift of my father Al-Fadl, the excellent steeds

فَقُلتُ لَهُ لَمّا دَعا بِزُيوفِهِ

أَأَلجَدُّ هَذا مِنكَ أَم أَنتَ مازِحُ

So I said to him when he called for his saddlebags

“Is this serious from you, or are you joking?”