1. سَأَطَّلب العلاء بِكُلِّ لَيثٍ

    لَهُ رأس بِذِكرِ اللَهِ وَحدَهُ

    I shall seek eminence with every lion,

    Whose head bears the remembrance of God alone.

  2. لَهُ مِن ما تَصوغُ الهند ناب

    وَمن ما حاكَهُ داود لبده

    He has a fang of what India forges,

    And his mane is of what David wove.

  3. يَردُّ الرُمحَ أَزرَق في إِحمِرارٍ

    كَمُقلَةٍ أَزرَقٍ كُحلت برقده

    He brings the spear back, blue amid redness,

    Like a blue-eyed man's eye lined with red dye.