لَيسَ أَبٌ كَحَنظَلَةَ بنِ رَعدٍ

وَلا خالٌ كَضَبَّةَ لِلفَخارِ

Not like Hanẓalah ibn Ra'ad is any father,

Nor like Ḍabbah to cleave pottery any uncle,

هُما جَبَلانِ جارُهُما مَنيعٌ

إِذا ما أَعطَيا عَقدَ الجِوارِ

Two mountains they whose neighborhood is inaccessible

If they take anyone under their protection.

تَبَنّى فيهِما شَرَفُ المَعالي

خَراطيمَ الجَحاجِحَةِ الكِبارِ

In them is reared the nobility of lofty deeds,

Tusks of charging roaring camels.