1. By my life! A tribe of Aqil I met,
Either at Khathmah or at the rituals.

2. Upon them Yemeni swords glistening
On the shoulders of tall knights.

3. Dearer to my soul and more prized by it
Than the cypresses of the clan of Maalik son of Qais

4. When you met a band of Ja'fari's
You disliked the Lak'a's sons though spears were lowered.

5. You are not my uncles, so do not crucify me!
Rather my mother belongs to one of your maidens.

6. Short of pillar they do not see their cypresses
With the delegation kneeling at the blessed place.

7. You were killed but when you sought blood-money
So is the abject treated, just like that.