1. For one whose abode at Ramah does not fall into decay
It has remained deserted for ages long gone

2. Its people have endured much from it so they deserted it
And in its courtyard vestiges of them remain

3. The stones look as if they are the braceleted hand
Of a maiden pushing back her armlets

4. The lineage of Layla has left only a barren hill
And hillocks where sheep wandered

5. Before us arise visions of Salma
As the debtor eyes his creditor

6. By your father's life, the age of Harim bin Salma
Has not tired my wit when disaster strikes

7. Nor made my heart languid or my tongue weary
When antagonists engaged in altercation

8. For he is a downpour for us every year
To which the destitute and the needy resort

9. And Harim has accustomed his tribe to rely on him
For his is the habit of noble manners

10. Even as his father had accustomed them
Whenever a grievous day visits them

11. It bothers people greatly when one they love
Bears an important matter

12. So that they may avoid blaming him while they
Do not flinch when witnessing grave events

13. Thus is their way of life and for every folk
There is a lifestyle when hardship touches them

14. And if the aspirations of an ambitious one are achieved through him
The feeble side of another is pointed to

15. A dreaded one whose might chews upon him
An old man not wont to intimacy or cheer

16. Among the departed he has true pillars
And each person of status has pillars