1. The regions of boys and the tents of intimacy
Change, and the deeds of the youth by rings

2. And how many a slip extended hands to repel it
Yet it hung from its people by the necklaces

3. So Adi fled from fear of mishap
And Saabiya his sister, daughter of Haatim cried

4. And the reddish camels, the conveyors to the villages
Still uncover the sorrows of the stern faces

5. So draw near and keep away, love and rise high, and do not say
Speak gently and proclaim openly the intention, and keep it secret

6. For every era there are chiefs, not stars
That appeared setting, like the disappearing stars

7. How excellent is not what gladdened Ibn Hantamah
You were delighted with drinking what was in the jugs

8. And better than the praise of Imri’ul Qais, lying
With what is not in it, accusing him of abuse

9. The people of earth resembled, a slave and master
And what was said in their weddings and bereavements

10. They rejoiced for the sermon causing happiness
And were elated for a matter, which is one of the woes

11. And Nu’ma Al-Yahmami deeply sighed for what flowed
Of his words among the groups

12. And more beautiful than the market of the hundred is his silence
About pride, and the mouths hostage to the relators