1. A ruined abode forsaken by its people so
Only foxes spend the night bewailing it.

2. Much firewood of branching twigs was gathered there
By a loving doe until we started visiting her at eve.

3. She drove them away from the two Sa’ds till there remained
But nestlings of the sons of crippled Grh.

4. May God water from the rain-clouds of their abode
Honored captives, wherever they passed the night and morn.

5. By dawn when the tribes of Qain and Khail attacked
They regained their blood-right from the tribe of ‘Abd-Wdd.

6. As if the warriors seeking blood-vengeance
Were lions attacking them and tearing them to pieces.