1. أَبَأْتُ بِثَعْلَبَةَ بْنِ الخُشا

    مِ عَمْرَو بْنَ عَوْفٍ فَزاحَ الوهَلْ

    In requital for Thaʿlabah son of al-Khushām I slew

    ʿAmr son of ʿAwf, and dread departed.

  2. دَماً بِدَمٍ وتُعَفَّى الكُلُومُ

    ولا يَنْفَعُ الأَوَّلِينَ المَهَلْ

    Blood for blood, and wounds are effaced;

    Nor does delay avail those who went before.