1. وَسَيريَ حتى قال في القوم قائلٌ

    عليك أبا ثورٍ سُلَيكَ المَقَانِبِ

    And I journeyed on until someone among the company said:

    “Take on, Abu Thawr, Sulayk of the cavalry bands!”

  2. فَرُعتُ به كالليث يَلحَظ قائماً

    إذا رِيعَ منه جانبٌ بعدَ جانبِ

    So I was startled by him: like a lion, he stood casting glances,

    whenever one flank of his, then another, was alarmed.

  3. له هامةٌ ما تأكلُ البَيضُ أُمَّها

    وأشباحُ عاديٍّ طويلِ الرَواجِبِ

    He has a head whose bulk helmets cannot swallow,

    and the limbs of a man of ʿĀd, with long finger joints.