1. When they attack with their black army,
their insolence overflowed, but was not milked;
١. سودٌ صَناعِيَةٌ إِذا ما أَورَدوا
صَدَرَت عَتومَتُهُم وَلَمّا تُحلَبِ
2. their bald heads shine as if their noses
were camels arranged by al-Walid in an enclosure;
٢. صُلعٌ صَلامِعَةٌ كَأَنَّ أُنوفَهُم
بَعَرٌ يُنَظِّمُهُ الوَليدُ بِمَلعَبِ
3. they do not seek the daughters of the generous (in marriage),
their spinsters grow old without being sought in marriage.
٣. لا يَخطُبونَ إِلى الكِرامِ بَناتِهِم
وَتَشيبُ أَيَّمُهُم وَلَمّا تُخطَبِ