1. If disasters did not keep me preoccupied,
Then every morning brought me new calamities.

2. It confronted me with strange things for a while,
Yet I encountered nothing that was not in my trials.

3. So, O my companion, Hilal son of Amer,
And Saad son of Zayd in the earth and the vast plains.

4. You both wondered that I lamented her ruin
At the remnants between al-Udhayb and stopped camels.

5. Do not think the eye knew it,
These are my tears in the eyes of the riders.

6. My yearning, I see how it feels passionate love,
Its pillars are the flowing of pouring tears.

7. If you shake the myrrh tree, fragrance comes out,
You shake the tall, slender date palms.

8. Call out among the living, is there anyone who boasts?
That he takes pride among people that he is a warrior.

9. While we are the clan of Saad, our empty stomachs grumble,
Hunger distanced us before our relatives.

10. When a great year camped at a people,
We inclined to them with prayers and wants.

11. When our fires blazed and their winds,
And no fire remained lit for its keeper.

12. We offered our wealth, steeds and garments
Until it comes with a downpour.

13. We descended from the seventh heaven,
And placed our feet atop the stars.