1. وإنِّي لَمِنْ إرْعادِكُمْ وبُروقِكُمْ

    وإيعادِكُمْ بالقَتْلِ صُمٌّ مسامِعي

    And indeed, to your thunder and your lightning,

    and your threats to kill, my ears are deaf.

  2. وإني دليلٌ غيْرُ مُخْفٍ دَلالتي

    على ألف بَيْتٍ جَدُّهُمْ غيرُ خاشِعِ

    And I am a guide, not concealing my guidance,

    to a thousand households whose fortune is unbowed.

  3. تَرى البِيضَ يَرْكُضْنَ المجاَسِدَ بالضُّحى

    كذا كلُّ مشْبوحِ الذراعيْن نازِعِ

    You see fair women kicking at their saffron-dyed robes in the forenoon,

    likewise every broad-armed man drawing a bow.

  4. علَى أيِّ شَيْءٍ لا أبالأَبيكُمُ

    تُشِيرونَ نَحْوي كلكمْ بالأصابعِ

    For what reason—may your father have no father—

    do you all point toward me with your fingers?