1. أَبوكَ رَبيعَةَ الخَيرِ بنِ قُرطٍ

    وَأَنتَ المَرءُ تَفعَلُ ما تَقولُ

    Your father is Rabi‘ah the Good, son of Qurt,

    And you are a man who does what he says.

  2. أَشمُّ كَأَنَّما حَدَبَت عَلَيهِ

    بَنو الأَملاكِ تَكنَّفُها القُيولُ

    Proud, as though there had bent protectively over him

    The sons of kings, themselves surrounded by princes.

  3. تَصُدُّ مَناكِبَ الأَعداءِ عَنكُم

    كَراكِرُ مِن أَبي بَكرٍ حَلولُ

    They turn your enemies’ shoulders away from you—

    Mighty bands of Abu Bakr, encamped.

  4. كَراكِرُ لا يَبيدُ العِزُّ فيها

    وَلَكِنَّ العَزيزَ بِها ذَليلُ

    Bands among whom glory never perishes,

    Yet among them even the mighty are humbled.