1. أَتَطمَعُ أَن أُلقي إِلَيكَ مَقادَتي

    وَلي مارِنٌ ما مَرَّنَتهُ الخَزائِمُ

    Do you hope that I will hand my reins over to you,

    when my nose-tip has never been tamed by nose-rings?

  2. وَتُكثِرُ بِالأَمرِ العَظيمِ تَهَدُّدي

    وَمِنِّيَ تَنفَضُّ الأُمورُ العَظائِمُ

    And you keep threatening me with a great peril,

    yet great perils scatter before me.

  3. وَقَد عَجَمَ الأَقوامُ بَعدَكَ صَعدَتي

    فَما أَثَّرَت فيها النُيوبُ العَواجِمُ

    And peoples after you have tested my spear-shaft,

    but the gnawing fangs have left no mark on it.