1. My eyes overflow with tears
And I mourn those struck by the blows of fate

2. When you weep for noble men
Over Malik Abu Ghassan

3. Where is Ma'n Abu al-Walid and where is he who
Was salvation for the bewildered lost

4. Death came upon him not slackening the knot
Of love or breaking a sworn covenant

5. And Shihab - where is the like of Shihab
In generosity when the lances pierced?

6. Many a rent was disgraced from Bani Qais
And many a rent was disgraced from Shayban

7. The passage of days - what have they wrapped
In their scrolls of linen?

8. That was Ma'n buried hostage in Bustan
And Shihab buried in the land of Oman

9. And they were not for holding back bounty
Or restraining themselves from peers

10. Preceding death with thrust and blow
And freeing every fetter and halter