1. أأترك إن قلت دراهم خالد

    زيارته إني إذاً للئيم

    Shall I abandon—if Khalid's dirhams dwindle—

    Visiting him? I would then indeed be base.

  2. وقد يسلع المرء الكريم اصطناعه

    ويعتل نقد المرء وهو كريم

    A generous man's beneficence may indeed impoverish him,

    And a man's ready money may falter, though he remains generous.

  3. فتى واسط في ابني نزار محبب

    الى ابني نزار في الخطوب عميم

    A youth of noble standing among Nizar's two sons, beloved

    By Nizar's two sons, with bounty for all in times of trouble.

  4. فليت ببرديه لنا كان خالد

    وكان لبكر في الثراء تميم

    Would that Khalid, in his two cloaks, were ours,

    And Tamim, with its wealth, were Bakr's.

  5. فيصبح فينا سابق متمهل

    ويصبح في بكر أغم بهيم

    Then among us would be a winning racer, though unhurried,

    And among Bakr a shaggy-browed, unmarked one.