وَاِستَبقِ وِدَّكَ لِلصَديقِ وَلا تَكُن

قَتَباً يَعَضُّ بِغارِبٍ مِلحاحا

Keep your affection for a friend, and do not

Be like a leopard that bites when provoked.

فَالرُفقُ يُمنٌ وَالأَناةُ سَعادَةٌ

فَتَأَنَّ في رِفقٍ تَنالُ نَجاحا

For gentleness is auspicious, and patience brings

Happiness, so be gentle and you will succeed.

وَاليَأسُ مِمّا فاتَ يُعقِبُ راحَةً

وَلِرُبَّ مَطعَمَةٍ تَعودُ ذُباحا

Despair for what is past brings relief,

And many a difficulty returns as slaughtered meat.

يَعِدُ اِبنَ جَفنَةَ وَاِبنَ هاتِكِ عَرشِهِ

وَالحارِثَينِ بِأَن يَزيدَ فَلاحا

He promised the clans of Jafnah and Hatik

To give more fertile land and crops.

وَلَقَد رَأى أَنَّ الَّذي هُوَ غالَهُم

قَد غالَ حِميَرَ قَيلَها الصَبّاحا

And he saw that the one they held so dear

Had also conquered the donkeys at dawn.

وَالتُبَّعَينِ وَذا نُؤاسٍ غُدوَةً

وَعلا أُذَينَةَ سالِبَ الأَرواحا

And the Tubba clan, and Tha Nawas one morning

Ascended Udhaynah, seizing souls.