1. You shed tears for the son of 'Amr
Misfortunes with which my generosity was lessened

2. In an uninterrupted flow from you
Never ceasing, unique among the unique

3. Upon a branch made slender by it, a shy ostriches
Tall in stature, white and praiseworthy

4. An ice block, the best of Bani Sulaym
Noble among them whether black or whitened

5. Abu Hassān was the protector of my people
Yet lies fallen amidst the sands

6. A hostage of decrepitude, and every youth decays
So spill tears copiously in generous lament

7. I swear had you remained you'd have been among us
Beyond number, not competed with in number

8. But fortunes come like night visitors
Turning at will the stout-hearted man aside

9. And if they've come to you, do not call out
For they have slain a generous, glorious man

10. An intrepid, noble one, there came to him
The turns of fate, after Thamud's clans

11. And 'Ad whom time has tyrannously overcome
And the armies of Himyar together with their armies

12. So let not Abu Hassān be far, a boulder he was
And the birds of S'uud have alighted in his shade