1. The horses complained of the night-journey and the ostriches,
And the meadows were downcast and the sharp swords.

2. The caves of Al-Hutham, the perfumed, were adorned
With his determination, as the day was gloomily dark.

3. Throats complain of him in every strait,
When the battle intensifies and the skulls.

4. So it is regrettable for them someone of keen determination preceding,
And regrettable for them one who shatters with striking and stabbing.

5. Brave as the cutting edge of a sword, yet his face
Is beautiful, and his limit is sharp.

6. When the man cried out with his generosity,
And with patience the man cried out with the exemplary courage.

7. So he is protective during peace and war,
The blood of enemies abundant and the noble acts.

8. And rumbling as the torrent with blood swirling,
Its poles roaring and the warring.

9. The dawn has become from it a darkened night,
Its shining stars the ibexes and the warriors.

10. The valleys narrowed around it until they rubbed against each other
The horseshoes and the spears clashed.

11. The shy game fled so it emptied
Its slopes, its darkness, and its precipices.

12. With it every broad-armed is humbled
And transferred by the easy lead, the knights.

13. As if its steeds in the wilderness are Saiga antelopes
And its horsemen lions, wolves, and snarling beasts.

14. A Nasirid army opened its sanctuary so the hyenas of the deserts prospered
A youth whose endeavor for wealth is erect and new

15. But he in nobility and generosity is a demolisher
He turns the youth of the army violent, his might magnificent

16. As the new moon turned away in shame, the dishonorable nobles.
For the guest and ravens at dawn and nightfall

17. Are ample foods from the heap and gathered pile.
When the heights of ‘Ulayy boast and recount

18. Events from its loftiness and ancient times.
Then the endeavor of ash-Shunaynah follows boasting

19. Wishing its past is the first and earliest.
Its glory eclipsed the glory of the adorned one and clamored

20. The old and it became a star while it was sleeping.