1. أَنا عَينُ المُسَوَّدِ الجَحجاحِ

    هَيَّجَتني كِلابُكُم بِالنُباحِ

    I am the very embodiment of the honored, mighty chieftain.

    Your dogs have provoked me with their barking.

  2. أَيَكونُ الهِجانُ غَيرَ هِجانٍ

    أَم يَكونُ الصُراحُ غَيرَ صُراحِ

    Can the purebred be anything but purebred?

    Or can the pure be anything but pure?

  3. جَهِلوني وَإِن عَمَرتُ قَليلاً

    نَسَبَتني لَهُم رُؤوسُ الرِماحِ

    They did not know me; though I have lived but briefly,

    The spearheads made my lineage known to them.