1. قالَت أُمامَةُ كَم عُمِرتَ زَمَانَةً

    وَذَبَحتَ مِن عِترٍ عَلى الأَوثانِ

    Umāmah said, “How long have you lived,

    and how many beasts have you sacrificed to the idols?”

  2. وَلَقَد شَهِدتُ عُكاظَ قَبلَ مَحَلِّها

    فِيها وَكُنتُ أُعَدُّ مِنَ الفِتيانِ

    Indeed, I attended ʿUkāẓ before her stay

    there, and I was counted among the young men.

  3. وَالمُنذرَ بنَ مُحرّقٍ في مُلكِهِ

    وشهدتُ يَومَ هَجائِنِ النُعمانِ

    And al-Mundhir son of Muḥarriq during his reign,

    and I witnessed the day of al-Nuʿmān’s fine-bred camels.

  4. وَعُمِرتُ حَتّى جاءَ أَحمدُ بالهُدى

    وَقَوارعٍ تُتلى مِن الفِرقانِ

    And I lived until Aḥmad came with guidance

    and striking admonitions recited from the Criterion.

  5. وَلَبِستُ مِن الإِسلامِ ثَوباً واسِعاً

    مِن سَيبِ لا حَرِمٍ وَلا مَنّانِ

    And I donned an ample garment of Islam,

    from the bounty of one who neither withholds nor reproaches.