1. As if the youth of Hanzala sought refuge
With a lice-infested Omani woman whose hair was unkempt

2. You spent the night at your watch-post and then killed him
Wrongfully, thus did sorrow afflict you

3. Is he anything more than his clothes and weapons?
You have no need to strip him naked or dismiss him

4. He called his people when his sanctity was violated
While in their absence the honor of the weak was as worthless as sand

5. Had they heard their cry that would have terrified them
When the horses came, their eyes pools

6. Running steeds past the people and the spears
The lashes of the whips, the spearheads and the kicks

7. Then every doubter would have come to him, his weapon unsheathed
To help him on the day of tribulation, his sinewy forearm bared

8. Had he sought protection with his neighbor Salma or asked him for refuge
The winds of Banu Sa'd would have driven back the unlucky bird

9. You would have seen the seekers of favors crowding his door
Rushing to it as bees fly eagerly to honey