1. فِدىً لِاِبنِ بَدرٍ يَومَ أَقدَمَ خَيلَهُ

    وَقَد خامَ أَقوامٌ طَريفي وَتالِدي

    May Ibn Badr be ransomed, on the day he advanced his cavalry,

    when others had quailed, by my newly acquired and inherited wealth.

  2. أَبى حَقَّ ما مَنَّت قُرَيشٌ نُفوسَها

    فَوارِسُ أَبطالٌ طِوالُ السَواعِدِ

    The fulfillment of what Quraysh had promised themselves was thwarted by

    heroic horsemen, long of forearm.

  3. وَقَد عَلِمَت خَيلُ اِبنِ خَشعَةَ أَنَّها

    مَتى تَلقَ يَوماً ذا جِلادٍ تُجالِدِ

    And Ibn Khashʿa’s cavalry know that

    whenever they face a day of combat, they fight.

  4. وَقَد عَلِمَت خَيلُ اِبنِ خَشعَةَ أَنَّها

    مَتى تَلقَ يَوماً غَمرَةً لا تُعانِدِ

    And Ibn Khashʿa’s cavalry know that

    whenever, on any day, they face the turmoil of battle, they do not balk.