1. I knew the abodes like pages of prose
Inscribed by the Himyarite writer

2. With symbols and embellishments as decorated
By its adorning, gifted artisan

3. The elders informed and predicted
That the settled, faithful homeland

4. Views scrolls like speckled shawls
In them lies the inheritance of an effaced book

5. Upon the relics of tents, the ruins of glory
Save for the resolute and the steadfast

6. So nothing remains but the submissive
And the bowed cheeks together with the pining

7. And unkempt in the house of a community
Beside the inheritance of a basin, emptied by the coming

8. Like the cloak's lapwing, saddened for it
By the spring's outlet, a gazelle, lovely and tender

9. There they are, hunched like the bending palm trees
Whose hearts have been ignited by passion

10. And forgot old age, and the ignorant immersed one
Thinks I have forgotten

11. Gladdening the friend and grieving the enemy
And the disputes of wars, agreeable and gentle

12. At a time when the three have been perfected in him
Zeal, generosity, and a soul kind and easy

13. Of the best of what the youth has done
The turbaned one, goodness, dignity, and well-bred

14. And patience for the occurrence of tribulations
And composure, grace, and a heart wise