1. Alas! Have you no mercy for the elders when they show affection?
They say, “We were the impetuous energetic knights.”

2. Clad in green armor, they charged forth,
Rushing upon their steeds as their steeds rushed forth.

3. They came swarming like locusts,
Guiding their readied, equipped horses to death.

4. You see their only concern is eating;
They have bodies that can withstand neither heat nor cold.

5. He carries a staff, weary of his old age, after
Having mounted a steed and worn a jubbah.

6. The passing days leave no young doe
Of deer that does not choose the old over the young buck.

7. The crescent moon in its waning cannot be saved
From reaching its last crescent phase.

8. We found Duraid, the Hawazan, who did not find
The nights’ vicissitudes when they grind him down.

9. It once grazed on the vegetation that firmly rooted ‘Adnan
And knew the lineage of Iyad, so it impregnated them with descendants.

10. The old man is frightened of the wolf though its time
When it feared the old lion has passed.

11. We lodged at an abode like guests, and did not want
To bargain for any price until it procured comfort for us.