أَلا بكّر الناعي بِخيرِ بَني أسد

بعمرو بن مسعودٍ وَبالسيّدِ الصّمَد

Alas! The mourner has brought good tidings of the clan of Asad

Of Amr ibn Mas'ud and the independent lord.

فمن كانَ يَعْيَا بالجوابِ فإنّه

أبو مَعقلٍ لا حَجْرَ عنه ولا صدَدْ

So whoever would reply with an answer, he is

Abu Ma'qil, whom no rock can stop nor mountain obstruct.

أثارُوا بصَحراء الثَّويّة قَبرَه

وما كنتُ أخْشَى أن تَنَاءَى به البَلدْ

They have raised his grave in the desert of Thuwa

And I did not fear it would be lost in the land.