1. Time has wronged you and done evil,
So my condolences, O clan of Humayd, condolences!

2. Souls that can barely sense their loss,
And breasts that never cease to grieve.

3. The sword has become your affliction, and it
Is an affliction that does not cease exhausting remedies.

4. And death has withdrawn among you, so we cried
With the blood of tears over that bloodshed.

5. O Abu al-Qasim, he who has had generosity, munificence and bounty apportioned to him!
And al-Hizbar who, when war revolved around him,

6. Turned the foe this way and that however he wished!
Grief is a duty for the noble - whether

7. Out of a noble intention or ostentation.
And it is foolish for a man to panic because of

8. What was destined for mankind by Fate's decree.
And why should the soul pursue something

9. Which God has made the gates of Paradise its abode?
Will you weep for one who did not yield himself

10. To the sword, wan and weak, nor shake the standard?
And the real man is one who saw the graves - because of

11. What they contained of his peerless daughters - to be adornments.
The counting of cattle is no adornment of life

12. Like counting from it wealth and sons.
They have given birth to lifelong enemies and bequeathed

13. Remote regions to the descendants.
The abundance of their number did not embarrass

14. Qays or Tameem, but prided and toughened them.
And ignominy overcame Muhalhil's clan,

15. Although the enemy was given gifts.
And Shaqq ibn Fatik took precautions against

16. Dishonor upon them and parted from the land.
And over others Jacob grieved

17. When his sons came upon him at night.
And Shu'ayb - because of them - saw

18. Weakness in oneness, so he hired prophets.
And Satan tempted Adam in the Garden

19. When he lured Eve.
And look to the tribes - are they attributed

20. To mothers or fathers when it comes to lineage?
By my life! My incapacity is only

21. That men should spend the night weeping for women!