1. I remembered my virtuous family in Malhab
So my heart for them is utterly devastated and defeated

2. I remembered the people of goodness, generosity and softness
And the people of noble horses, righteousness and fragrance

3. I remembered them, my tears do not dry up
Like a stream watering devastated farms

4. And a house from which musk emanates from its rooms
I frequented it secretly and engaged

5. And a female singer whose voice is melodious
Who wanders to the strings of a hollow lute

6. I witnessed generous youths
Love is unveiled for whoever mingles with them

7. And a piece of cloth from the youths, more generous than a truthful one
From the sword I took an oath it is not ripped

8. So all that from me is now gone
So which man among people is not accused of lying?

9. And I came to wear under me a cloak
With a thread from the masters, a purebred steed

10. A camel like the sheep of the sands, its skin smooth
Stamping the sands, not saddled

11. And horses like herds of wild cats I rallied them
With a rope that grows with stalk and node

12. And a piece of cloth in which the zebra screams with the echo
Frightening when the night startles it, scared

13. I cut with an unsheathed sword a cloak
That makes disasters slip from the flanks of the afflicted

14. It has a funnel with which it shakes the balls
To a stirring shepherd not erect

15. If its leg moves you'd say it's an ostrich
And if it's scolded one day, it's not startled

16. You see man yearning for life and its prolonging
Yet in the prolonging of man's life is ample torment