إذا لم تلد أمٌّ كآل مُعَيبد

فتلك على كثر السنين عقيم

If a mother does not give birth to faultless ones,

Then she is barren, though numerous her years.

ومن لم يكن منهم أبوه فإنَّه

وإن كان حيُّ الوالدين يَتيم

And he whose father is not one of them,

Though living, by both parents left an orphan.

أناس إذا مَا حاربوا فضراغم

أسودٌ ومهما استُمْطِروا فغيوم

A folk, who when they battle leave their mark;

Black, and however much rained on, clouds.