1. عَجِبَت أَبناؤُنا مِن فِعلِنا

    إِذ نَبيعُ الخَيلَ بِالمِعزى اللِجابِ

    Our sons marveled at what we did,

    When we sold horses for scant-milking goats.

  2. عَلِموا أَنَّ لَدَينا عُقبَةً

    غَيرَ ما قالَ صُعَيرُ بنُ كِلابِ

    They knew that we had a substitute,

    Other than what Ṣuʿayr son of Kilāb said.

  3. إِنَّما كانَت بِنا مَوصولَةً

    أَكلُ الناسِ بِها أَحرى النِهابِ

    They were only bound to us;

    Devouring people with them is the most fitting plunder.