1. سَمَا صَقرٌ فأَشعَلَ جانِبَيها

    وأَلهَاكَ الُمَروَّحُ والعَزيبُ

    Saqr rose and set both her flanks ablaze,

    while the homeward-driven herd and the distant-grazing herd distracted you.

  2. وثَبنَ لَدَى الثَّويَّةِ مُلجَمَاتٍ

    وصَبَّحنَ العِبادَ وهُنَّ شِيبُ

    They leapt beside al-Thawiyya, bridled,

    and raided al-ʿIbād at dawn, all grey.

  3. الا تِلك الغنيمة لا إفال

    ترجيها مسومة ونِيب

    Ah, that is the booty—not young camels

    you hope for, branded ones and aged she-camels.

  4. تُرَجِّيها وقَد صابَت بِقُرٍّ

    كما تَرجُو أَصاغِرَها عَتيبُ

    You hope for them, though they have already fallen at Qurr,

    as ʿAtīb hopes for her little ones.