1. كَم مَن أَبٍ لي قَد وَرَثتُ فِعالُهُ

    جَمِّ المَكارِمِ بَحرُهُ تَيّارُ

    Many a forefather's deeds have I inherited—

    Rich in noble virtues, his sea surging.

  2. وَغَداةَ فِحلٍ قَد رَأَوني مُعلماً

    وَالخَيلُ تَنحطُ وَالبَلا أَطوارُ

    And on the morning at Fahl, they saw me bearing battle insignia,

    And the horses panted, and the ordeal took many forms.

  3. ما زالتِ الخَيلُ العُرابُ تَدوسُهُم

    في حَومِ فَحلٍ وَالهَبا مُوّارُ

    The purebred Arabian horses kept trampling them

    In the fray at Fahl, while the dust swirled,

  4. حَتّى رَمَينَ سَراتُهُم عَن أَسرِهِم

    في رَوعَةٍ ما بَعدَها اِستَمرارُ

    Until they hurled their chiefs away from their kin,

    In a terror after which there was no standing firm.