1. Did Yathrib one day inspire her ruinous state,
That glory does not last from her relics and remains?

2. She embraced men whose eyes
Were lofty, unyielding to humiliation.

3. Hands that, when extended in aid or to attack,
Were hands whose like would not caress gentle things.

4. And glory nursed children, yet fate caused them to die
Before their temples turned white or they were weaned.

5. They were violent like preying beasts, whose only food
Were their enemies, whom they eagerly sought to rend.

6. Men are like cattle driven to death by a driver,
With no will of their own, helpless and condemned.