لَيسَ اِبنِ دَحمَةَ مِمَّن في مَواثِقُهُ
إِلٌّ وَلا في عُمانَ يُطلَبُ الدينُ
Ibn Dahma is not one whose pledges carry
Ibn Dahma is not one to break his word,
A sacred bond; nor is religion sought in Oman.
Nor in Oman is devotion sought.
قَومٌ رِماحُهُمُ المُردِيُّ حَيثُ غَدَوا
إِذا تَنَفَّشَ في الريحِ العَثانينُ
A people whose spears are punting poles wherever they set out,
A people whose lances guide them wheresoe’er they fare,
When their beards fan out in the wind.
When the winds stir the dust clouds.
Sol 6.1