1. أَلا أَبلغ بني بكرٍ رسولا

    فَقَد جدّ النفيرُ بعنقفيرِ

    Hear! Convey a message to the sons of Bakr:

    For the call to arms has grown urgent at ʿAnqafīr.

  2. فَليتَ الجيشَ كلّهم فِداكُم

    وَنَفسي وَالسرير وذا السريرِ

    So would that the whole army were a ransom for you,

    And my soul, and the throne, and the lord of the throne.