1. كم بغوْر الشَّآم غادرتُ منهمْ

    غَائراً مُوفياً على أهل نجدِ

    Many a man among them I left in Syria’s lowlands,

    A lowlander towering over the people of Najd,

  2. يلعب الدَّسْتَبَنْدَ فَرْداً وإنْ كا

    ن لَهُ شاغلٌ عن الدَّسْتَبندِ

    Playing dastaband alone, even though

    He had something to distract him from dastaband.