1. For my lifetime, alas, the days have hastened misfortune,
And their events were quickly brought on the hasty tribe.
١. لِبَكرٍ لَعَمري بَكَّرَ الدَهرُ بِالرَدى
وَقَد عَجَّلَت أَحداثُهُ لِبَني عِجلِ
2. The surviving chiefs of Taghlib were once victorious,
But they were defeated before the warring tribes clashed.
٢. وَتَغلِبُ مِن أَحياءِ تَغلِبَ سادَةً
وَقَد غَلَبَتهُم قَبلَ مُختَلِفِ الرَجلِ