وَكانَت نِهابا تَلافَيتُها

بِكَرّي عَلى المُهرِ في الأَجرَعِ

The raids I made were repaid in kind,

On my mare at night in Al-Ajra'a.

وَإيقاظِيَ القَومَ أَن يَرقدوا

إِذا هَجَعَ الناسُ لَم أَهجَعِ

And my waking the tribe when they slept;

When people slept I did not sleep.

فَأَصبَحَ نَهبي وَنَهبُ العُبَي

دِ بَينَ عُيَينَةَ وَالأَقرَعِ

So my raid and the raid of Al-'Ubayd

Were between 'Uyaynah and Al-Aqra'.

وَقَد كُنتُ في الحَربِ ذا تُدرَأُ

فَلَم أُعطَ شَيئاً وَلَم أُمنَعِ

And I was a warrior of renown,

Yet I got no reward and met no refusal

إِلّا أَفائِلَ أُعطيتُها

عَديدَ قَوائِمِها الأَربَعِ

Except for the mares I was given

With their four upright legs.

وَما كانَ حِصنٌ حابِسٌ

يَفوقانِ مِرداسَ في مَجمَعِ

No fortress resisted

Like Mirdas in its enclosure.

وَما كُنتُ دونَ اِمرِىءٍ مِنهُما

وَمَن تَضَعِ اليَومَ لا يُرفَعِ

I was not inferior to any knight of theirs,

He whom you disparage today will not be exalted.