1. لَعَمرُكَ ما عَمرُو بنُ هِندٍ وَقَد دَعا

    لِتَخدِمَ أُمّي أَمَّهُ بِمُوَفَّقِ

    By your life, ʿAmr son of Hind was not—when he called

    for my mother to serve his mother—fortunate.

  2. فَقامَ اِبنُ كُلثومِ إِلى السَيفِ مُصلَتاً

    فَأَمسَكَ مِن نَدمائِهِ بِالمُخَنَّقِ

    Then Ibn Kulthūm rose to the sword, drawing it bare,

    then seized him by the throat from among his drinking companions.

  3. وَجَلَّلَهُ عَمرٌو عَلى الرَأسِ ضَربَةً

    بِذي شُطَبٍ صافي الحَديدَةِ رَونَقِ

    And ʿAmr dealt him a blow upon the head

    with a grooved sword of pure, gleaming steel.