1. He who is like me, death meets him empty
Of wealth and family at the top of the grave

2. Oh, I wish I knew what fate has in store for me
Though my sins await me, it is my destiny

3. I strove for Abdullah's sake with some recklessness
And got a belt gifted by al-Muhannadi

4. I am one with a haughty, mended nose
And my revenge is wherever I lie in wait

5. They called your brother hot-tempered and your cousin
So make me an example after being distanced

6. I am the son of Al-Ula, tie their hands behind their backs
I am not rubbish amongst monkeys and apes

7. You killed my father, so by his revenge
Upon your people, O family of Amr ibn Marthad

8. Though I am helpless in my shackles
If you cut off my hands, how many blows

9. Have I struck, my heart steady, not trembling
You killed my father when the side of his pillow

10. Slipped to a side that had no one to rest on
If you assassinate the old man whom you could not

11. Outlive his demise and I was absent when witnessed
So your treacherous stab which you left

12. Flows with black poison over its edges
If you kill me, you kill one who does not retreat

13. Nor does he fling arrows randomly on the battlefield
Oh, just kill me, I shall not return

14. To you, nor will I give in to humiliation