Sol 6.1

  1. Wearing taylasan cloaks is not

    part of the attire of horsemen.

  2. No, nor is the thick of battle

    like the places of honor in assemblies.

  3. Striking Nafnaf's strings

    is unlike striking the crowns of helmets.

  4. And the backs of steeds are unlike

    the surfaces of carpets.

  5. One who has experienced wars is not

    like one who practices for them.

  6. My father be ransom for a crop of young men

    from noble seedbeds—

  7. young men of Banu al-Mughira,

    with aquiline noses.

  8. They serve camel-hump fat during

    every ashen, dark year of famine,

  9. in great bowls, as though they were

    among the bowls of brides.

  10. And with the banner they wade through the blood

    of devils.

  11. Then they stride in

    armor, with the gait of lions.

  12. We are the best of humankind

    by the measure of one who compares.

Sol 6.1