1. He came to me and my family with spears
No shelter or kin could be found

2. Curse the son of Luqman, a man's honor
Of great patience, of anger remote

3. To an old camel, when the camels vie
Who hacks the humpback's spine in half

4. Your mother, the red-haired Zawfiyya
To carry grass, logs for the firewood

5. The wicked ones, over her grave
Like foxes to a lair, they scrambled