1. إِذا قيلَ أَيُّ فَتىً تَعلَمونَ

    أَهَشَّ إِلى الضَربِ بالذابِلِ

    When it is asked, 'Which young man do you know

    is most eager to strike with the slender spear,

  2. وَأَضرَبَ لِلقِرنِ يَومَ الوغى

    وَأَطعَمَ في الزَمَنِ الماحِلِ

    and strikes his opponent hardest on the day of battle,

    and is most generous with food in times of drought?'

  3. أَشارَت إِلَيكَ أَكُفُّ الأَنامِ

    إِشارَةَ غَرقَى إِلى ساحِلِ

    People's hands point to you,

    as drowning people point toward a shore.