1. O son of al-Dawami, who represented
His palms in giving dew as an example
١. يا ابن الدوامي الذي مثّلت
كفّاه في بذل الندى مثلا
2. You are still a sea of generosity that is
Visited, and a full moon of highness that is looked at
٢. لا زلت بحرا للسماحة مو
رودا وبدرا للعلى كملا
3. Strolling through honors, he sees
His money as gifts he distributes
٣. متنفلا في لمكرمات يرى
أمواله لعفاته نفلا
4. With a will like a penetrating star
And a firmness that makes use of opportunities
٤. بعزيمة كالنجم ثاقبة
وصريمة تستخدم الأجلا
5. When the honor of time came over
The wind of misfortune to press on the lawful
٥. لما أتى شرف الزمان على
ريح الكبيس يكبس الحلالا
6. He left the transformed after hitting it
And the group that was a shadow so he moved
٦. ترك المحوَّل بعد رمتها
والجمع ظلاّ كان فانتقلا
7. How many plundering raids he waged and how
Many acts he did to its people
٧. كم غارة شعواء شنَّ وكم
من فعلة في أهلها فعلا
8. So the survival of whoever survives it is strange
After what the killed suffered
٨. فبقاء من يبقى بها عجب
من بعد ما قاسى الذي قتلا
9. And I saw, I do not lie to him
Hammal bin Yad follows the burden
٩. ولقد رأيت ولا كرويته
حمل بن يد يتبع الحملا
10. And I have seen a son of his, a young man
I found him a brave knight
١٠. ولقد رأيت ابناً له حدثا
فلقيت منه فارسا بطلا
11. He relieves the set tables while they are grazing
The right hand of the brave knight Ibn Jalla is paralyzed
١١. يجلو الموائد وهي مترعة
شلت يمين الفارس ابن جلا
12. By God, if not for the obstruction that prevented
You from including in those who ate
١٢. والله لولا تخمة عرضت
أكلاك في ضمن الذي أكلا
13. It is adversity that was upon you and has
Passed, and the cut was so it healed
١٣. هي شقوة كانت عليك وقد
زالت وقطع كان فارتحلا