وَمَن رَآني والحِمَارُ مَرْكَبِي

وَزُرْقتي لِلرُّومِ عِرْقٌ قَدْ ضَرَبْ

He who has seen me riding a donkey,

While heading to fight the Romans,

قَالَ إذا أَبْصَرَ شَخْصِي مُقْبِلاً

لا فَارسَ الخَيلِ وَلا وَجْهَ العَرَبْ

Would say when he saw me approaching,

"No horseman this, no face of Arabs."