1. O you who ask about my night at Minshar,
My appearance will suffice you instead of my words,

2. My strength to dwell in Khour has vanished,
Which surpassed the bravery of Antar,

3. A vicious gang descended upon my house,
And tore away my veil after long concealment,

4. Each one with unveiled face,
Unlocking its locks with green iron swords,

5. Binding and bending me, and had it not been for
My sun undergoing an eclipse, I would not be bent,

6. Wearing masks, mufflers and turbans,
Intertwined, armed and fully dressed,

7. They mixed cruelty with ignorance, and each
Threatened me with vulgar language,

8. In the image of Mars, except that he
Is Saturn, purchased in every market,

9. They stomped my carpet with blacks and spears
Playing with white and black,

10. I did not notice until the stroke of a lance
Made me stand up to the stroker’s attacks,

11. And a blow from a drawn sword
That made the prey flee from an ignorant aggressor,

12. Without any forgiveness, oh how I wish it would change
With the eye, the red leather,

13. On the eve of the worst New Year's, I'll pierce him
With a sword, while watching his nostril,

14. I was dragged by their hands after being lifted
And erected with a posture like one nailed,

15. One said, where did you hide the money?
I answered him confusedly out of fear,

16. And said I have no money but my gown and staff
And part of the dictionary of Al-Jawhari,

17. And the drafts of poetry praising you in them
They said your urine is in Umm Al-Bahtri,

18. My little ones cried when they saw me among them
Like a captive, and I am not wealthy,

19. They said, kill him and throw him away, he is
The prince’s eye, what an informer!

20. Or squeeze him like mud, for he is
Skin that does not admit what is not squeezed

21. They squeezed my jug on the floor and scraped
My head with plates heated with embers,

22. I called them, on the roof I have a merchant,
An effeminate one like the lisping Khaja,

23. So he threw the tallest of them a hand
With the staff of monks and every poisoned spear,

24. He then appeared afraid of their deceit,
And perhaps they found him fearful