لَعَمرُكَ لولا أجَدعُ الخير فاعلمي

لَقُدتُ إِلى هَمدانَ جيشاً عَرمرَما

By your life, if I were not the doer of good, know that

I would have led a mighty, clamorous army against Hamdan

لَقُدتُ إِلى هَمدانَ أَلفَ طِمِرَّةٍ

وأَلفَ طِمِرٍّ من كُمَيتٍ وأَدهَما

I would have led against Hamdan a thousand spears

And a thousand spearmen of Kumayt and Adham