1. رَحَلتُ إِلى عَبدِ الإِلَهِ مَطِيَّتي

    تَجوبُ الفَلاةَ وَهيَ عَوجاءُ ضامِرُ

    I saddled my mount for ‘Abd al-Ilah;

    She crosses the wilderness, bow-legged and lean.

  2. إِلى اِبنِ أَبي النَضرِ الكَريمِ فَعالُهُ

    يُضِرُّ بِها إِدلاجُها وَالهَواجِرُ

    Toward the son of Abu al-Nadr, whose deeds are noble;

    Her night journeys and the midday heats wear her down.

  3. إِلى ماجِدِ الأَعراقِ مَحضٍ نِجارُهُ

    نَماهُ إِلى العَليا كُرَيزٌ وَعامِرُ

    Toward one of noble lineage, whose stock is pure;

    Kurayz and ‘Amir raised him to the heights.

  4. تَوارى نَدى مَن ماتَ غَيرَ اِبنِ عامِرٍ

    تَوارى فَما وارَت نَداهُ المَقابِرُ

    The bounty of those who died vanished, except Ibn ‘Amir’s;

    He passed from sight, but the graves did not conceal his bounty.

  5. وَجَدَّتُكَ البَيضاءُ عَمَّةُ خَيرِكُم

    بَنِيِّ الهُدى وَاللَهُ بِالناسِ خابِرُ

    And your grandmother al-Bayda’ is the paternal aunt of the best of you,

    O sons of guidance—and God knows mankind well.

  6. وَمِن عَبدِ شَمسٍ قَد تَفَرَّعتَ في العُلى

    ذُراها لَكَ القُدموسُ مِنها العُراعِرُ

    And from ‘Abd Shams you have indeed branched into the heights;

    Its summits are yours, as is its ancient, mighty lord.

  7. مُلوكٌ وَأَبناءُ المُلوكِ وَسادَةٌ

    لَهُم سُؤدَدٌ عَودٌ عَلى الناسِ قاهِرُ

    Kings, and sons of kings, and lords;

    Theirs is long-established lordship, dominant over mankind.

  8. هُمُ خَيرُ بَطحاوَي لُؤَيِّ بنِ غالِبٍ

    سَما بِهِمُ مِنها البُحورُ الزَواخِرُ

    They are the finest in Lu’ayy ibn Ghalib’s two valley-plains;

    From there, the surging seas bore them aloft.

  9. تَبَحبَحتُمُ مَن بِالجِبابِ وَسِرِّها

    طَمَت بِكُمُ بَطحاؤُها وَالظَواهِرُ

    You dwelt at ease, you who were by the wells and in their midst;

    Their valley-floor and the outskirts overflowed with you.