1. O sister of a spy, hide and depart from us
Leave our abode today then move on

2. You have tempted and seduced us
You will see flames of fire from us

3. Yesterday you were flirting with my brother
And promising him what has not been done

4. You used to say my brother, your brother-in-law is unmatched
Among all I see in gatherings

5. They have no known argument
If they saw the truth it would become a sickle to me

6. O Kulaib, you were arrogant but a spy succeeded
In killing the hero

7. He came upon him unawares
And stabbed him mortally

8. So he tested me and covered me in wounds
My suffering and pain have passed their limit

9. Congratulate me my brothers, then mourn
A lion who was pride of gatherings

10. He warded off glory and zeal in battle
Preventing peers in the midst of conflict

11. He was never weak nor wavering
When the eggs fell in the ostrich nest

12. Mourn a fierce, bloody lion
Who scans the ground for victims from the heights

13. Congratulate me, do not blame me for crying
For there is a fire burning in my guts

14. Oh slain one, whose murder has forced me to drink
The bitterness of wormwood at his loss

15. I am in the midst of a raging sea
Rising and falling in turn

16. Would that I had not lived a day after him
Would that my death had drawn near

17. After him, rob me of my sanity and soul
For my anxieties after him do not settle

18. No life has joy when a hero has gone
Would that my soul had left my body

19. Who will convey to me protection after him
Who will convey to me the noble one

20. A hero, audacious when he appeared
Beneath him the blond turned like dates

21. Horses flee in dread of him
A hero like the impenetrable Hizabir

22. O clan of Taghlib, do not delay
And seek vengeance for the slain king

23. I am a slain woman seeking retaliation
Perhaps time will bring me justice

24. Bakr has fled and abandoned his abode
Scattered like frightened ostriches

25. O sons of Bakr, come and roll up your sleeves
For tomorrow we will annihilate you with swords

26. With men unlike any among you
From the clan of Taghlib in the valley

27. For we have endured what, had some of it
Been placed on our camels, they could not have carried it

28. O sons of Bakr, enough of your deeds
Do not blame us if we do not act ignorant

29. If you all were killed to the last man
You would not all be equal to one of ours