1. إِن كُنتِ لا تَدرينَ ما المَوتُ فاِنظُري

    الى هانىءٍ في السوقِ وابنِ عقيلِ

    If you do not know what death is, then look

    at Hani in the marketplace and the son of Aqil;

  2. إِلى بطَلٍ قَد هَشَّمَ السَيفُ وَجهَهُ

    وَآخَرَ يَهوي مِن طمارِ قَتيلِ

    at a hero whose face the sword has shattered,

    and another, slain, plunging from a height.

  3. أَصابَهُما أَمرُ الأَميرِ فَأَصبَحا

    أَحاديثَ من يَسري بِكُلِّ سَبيلِ

    The ruler's command struck them both, and they became

    the talk of those who travel by night along every road.

  4. تَرى جَسَداً قَد غَيَّرَ المَوتُ لَونَهُ

    وَنَضحَ دَمٍ قَد سالَ كُلَّ مسيلِ

    You see a body whose color death has changed,

    and a spattering of blood that has flowed down every channel.

  5. فَتى هُوَ أضحيا مِن فَتاةٍ حَييَّةٍ

    وَأَقطَعُ من ذي شَفرَتَين صَقيلِ

    A young man who is [more bashful?] than a modest maiden,

    and sharper than a polished, double-edged sword.

  6. أَيَركَبُ أَسماءُ الهَماليجَ آمِناً

    وَقَد طَلبتَهُ مَذحِجٌ بِذُحولِ

    Can Asma ride the ambling steeds in safety,

    when Madhhij has sought him in vengeance for blood-debts?

  7. تُطيفُ حَوالَيهِ مُرادٌ وَكلُهُم

    عَلى رِقبَةٍ مِن سائِلٍ وَمَسولِ

    Murad circles around him, and all of them

    are on the watch, asker and asked alike.

  8. فان أَنتُم لَم تثأروا بِأَخيكُمُ

    فَكونوا بَقايا أُرضيَت بِقَليلِ

    So if you do not avenge your brother,

    then be remnants appeased with little.