1. I see the full moon, now a crescent
Slim after beholding perfection

2. Its smoothness eaten by stars
So it waned while dusk lamented

3. When beauty saw the archers
Who had excelled despite the wounds

4. It wept with sorrow, hid in lands
With winding valleys telling sorrows

5. May God throw stones at those who threw them at me
And protect me and her from harm

6. For she made me drunk with her love
Turning me right and left

7. My refuge is God from sighs and passion
In mornings of separation that give me cough

8. In the valleys of Bani Hilal
A moon passed and a crescent dawned for me

9. It appeared a full moon then disappeared behind dunes
And a bending branch then a gazelle frolicked

10. The day of parting came separating
The flowing pearls with tears of the hills

11. The loved ones bid farewell until
It was as if their mounts complained of the journey

12. Her eyes glanced at mine stealthily
And her cheek touched mine suddenly

13. Pearls flowing generously
On the cheeks cascading down

14. She said, reigning in her camel wandered in the night
Showing coquetry while taking leave

15. You will meet me when settled after moving
Or busy with glory and pride

16. And people will find you a unique man
Though many as grains of sand

17. If only an informant reaches men
In the settled abode of Nuzuway advice

18. That people when gathered are not men
And lions when separated are carrion eaters

19. That nobility is in the blade not the sheath
Yet feathers make arrows graceful

20. You know what you know
And plunged into fray a contested sea

21. If not for your unity early on
You would not have dared attack or war

22. How can you turn away from foes
When men have come attacking

23. Raiding you, seeking the plains and hills
The enemy remains among and around you

24. Plotting evil and slander
Like a madman craving men

25. Woe to you and those who admire you
Obeying the lowly and mean

26. What truthful one tearfully complained
Of Sura, its tears now flowing

27. It turned away and aimed at it while protecting
Irqal and Ighal in succession

28. The beast hugged it with its forelegs
And the dawn stripped it of its dusk

29. It glanced at it then glanced away
Distracted from it, it turned away

30. Bearing elegance to the virgin lands
Traveling back and forth

31. Circling then praying then resting
At Arafat asking to meet its end

32. In the plain the smooth riding horses
With sturdy bodies like the mountains

33. On their shoulders lions prowling
Ferociously on the day of battle

34. If you do not reconsider what has plagued you
And cease fighting and warring

35. Armies of enemies will storm you
Crowding the land covering the sands

36. Serving you cups of forbidden wine
Made permitted, one after another

37. Your leaders have left you establishing
Righteous traditions of glory

38. They protected you with swords and vigilance
And opinions where reason takes hold

39. They lived dignified connecting relations
And died after fulfilling their word

40. As for you after them, be women
Sedentary, or if you wish, be men

41. So either ignite the fires of war
Or prepare funds for the dams

42. Whoever accepts living in disgrace
Has not heard those who spoke of honor