1. مَتى أَدعُ في قَيسِ إِبنِ عَيلانِ خائِفاً

    إِلى فَزَعٍ تُركَب إِلَيَّ خُيولُها

    Whenever I call out in fear among Qays ibn ʿAylān,

    summoning them to face danger, their horses are ridden to me,

  2. بِمَلمومَةٍ كَالطَودِ شَهباءَ فَيلَقِ

    رَداحٍ يُصِمُّ السّامِعينَ صَليلُها

    with a massed force like a mountain, grey—a mighty host,

    vast, whose clanging deafens those who hear it.