1. أَلا أَبلِغا عَنّي العُرَيبَ رِسالَةً

    فَقَد قَسَمَت فينا فُيوءَ الأَعاجِمِ

    Listen, you two: convey a message from me to the Arabs.

    For the foreigners’ spoils have indeed been divided among us.

  2. وَدَرَّت عَلَينا جِزيَةَ القَومِ بِالَّذي

    فَكَكنا بِهِ عَنهُم وِثاقَ المَعاصِمِ

    And the people’s tribute flowed to us in return for that

    With which we loosened the bonds from their wrists.

  3. فَنَحنُ أَفَأنا بِالفُراتِ وَأَرضِهِ

    جَميعاً وَلَم نَعدِل بِحَزِّ المَقادِمِ

    For we won booty by the Euphrates and in its land,

    All together, and held nothing equal to cleaving foreheads.

  4. وَحَيثُ نَهى اللُجمِيَّ عَن دِجلَةِ السُرى

    وَرَدَّ إِلَينا غَربَها بِالطُماطِمِ

    And where night marching held al-Lujmī back from the Tigris,

    And restored its western side to us, together with the foreign-tongued men.