أَبلِغ عِكَبّاً وَأَشياعَها

بَني عامِرٍ أَنَّني ظالِعُ

Convey to the clan of 'Ikab and its neighborhood

The sons of 'Amir that I am setting forth

بَعَثتُم إِلَى أَشمَطٍ يافِعاً

وَهَل يَغلِبُ الأَشمَطَ اليافِعُ

You dispatched against Ashmaṭ a youthful man

Can the youth defeat the aged Ashmaṭ?