1. Tell Abu Qays, if you meet him,
The ostrich of the outskirts of his abode is gloomy,

2. That we are people of resolve and that your tribe,
O Bani Khalid, would be generous if you knew,

3. And that the one who swears falsely in your homes
Would be sinful if you knew.

4. He is the one who devastates the friends of his friend
And is aggressive the day they meet.

5. So we attack some verses and cry over a forgotten love
That we once passionately adored.

6. As if Buḥayrah had not said to me, “What do you see
Of the matter?” or looked with a frown.

7. And if I wanted, al-Kumayt would have saved you, and you would not have been
Like a target for the arrows of men.

8. But I saw death overtake Tubba‘
And, after him, accident and fate.

9. So oh slaves, the best of you
Stays on Jurash between two millstones.

10. You betrayed him and did not set your riding camels over him
As if you had not lost a dear one.

11. And I was like the bawer whose milk was stopped, but she returned
Does a bleat or moan benefit her?

12. She circled, then she paced, then she returned,
Alas! Her young is not still alive for her.