1. لَمّا دَعَتني لِلسيادَةِ مُنقَر

    لَدى مَوطِنٍ أَضحى لَهُ النَجمُ بادِيا

    When Minqar called me to leadership,

    at a place where the star had come into view,

  2. شَدَدتُ لَها أَزري وَقَد كُنتُ قَبلَها

    أَشَدُّ لِأَحناءِ الأُمورِ إِزاريا

    I girded my loins for it, though even before then

    I would tighten my waistcloth for the twists of affairs.

  3. وَنَحنُ حَفَزنا الحَوفَزانِ بِطَعنَةٍ

    سَقَتهُ نَجيعاً مِن دَمِ الجَوفِ آنيا

    And we drove al-Hawfazan on with a spear-thrust

    that made him drink fresh blood from his belly, scalding hot.