1. For whom are four strong men between pillars?
They stood praising the pairing winds.

2. So I tasked my eyes with crying and they left me,
Today I have shed my tears amidst the swords.

3. And how can I cry in longing when already
Periods have passed since she left Umm Asim?

4. Ghifaariyah camped at Buwaalani plainly
So springs flow or camped at rugged highlands.

5. Leave her be, for remoteness of yearning took her
And a people, for the brave’s onslaught unapt.

6. Convey to Ash-Shahnaa’ the destruction of Gaalib
A refugee and orphan at the victory of the generous.

7. That we are Allah’s swords and all glory
If the people’s voices were the clouds’ inspirations.

8. Don’t you know that cutting ties is a sin
And a confusing affair lacking resolve?

9. And that the path of righteousness is known tomorrow
And that the life’s pleasures are not lasting?

10. So do not let your dreams about Muhammad go astray
Nor follow the order of ghawaas, the ominous.

11. You wished to kill him but your wishes
Are like a sleeper’s dreams.

12. By Allah you will not kill him
Nor will you see the harvesting of beards and temples.

13. Nor have the living among you seen fights
With birds hovering over them after fights.

14. You claimed ties of wombs that bound us
While the clashing of swords severed wombs.

15. And you took pride in horses after horses, goading them
To frighten the sons of the dull, old men.

16. Mifdaal, more righteous than many fathers
Took over the two branches among Haashim.

17. A trusted, loving worshipper, distinguished
With the seal of an All-Subduer of seals.

18. People see evidence of him and awe,
An ignorant is not like another knowledgeable.

19. A prophet who received revelation from his Lord
And whoever says no will hit with regret a despaired.

20. Encircling him is a small defending band
Repelling from him every wrongdoer and unjust.