1. أَتَانِي وَأَصْحَابِي على رَأسِ صَلْيَعٍ

    حَدِيثٌ أَطارَ النَّومَ عَنِّي فَأَنْعَمَا

    To me and my companions on the summit of Ṣalyaʿ came

    news that drove sleep from me and banished it utterly.

  2. فقلتُ لِعِجْلِيٍّ بَعِيدٍ مَآبُهُ

    أَبْنْ لِيْ وَبَيِّنْ لي الحَدِيثَ المُجَمْجَمَا

    So I said to a man of ʿIjl whose home was far away:

    “Make clear to me, and explain to me, the obscure report.”

  3. فقالَ أَبَيْتَ اللَّعْنَ عَمْرٌو وَ كَاهِلٌ

    أَبَاحَا حِمَى حُجْرٍ فَأَصْبَحَ مُسْلَمَا

    He said: “May you be spared curses! ʿAmr and Kāhil

    laid open Ḥujr’s protected domain, and he was left forsaken.”