1. May God repay 'Auf among the generous with nobility
And ingratitude with good - each neighbor takes leave.

2. They allowed us the tribe and plains of 'Alij
And Khabat; is there a Khabat owned by us with pillars?

3. We split well-knit pacts - they were not obeyed before us -
As a constitution is split with a drawn sword.

4. When they were terrified, they flew by the sides of their banners
In thousands and troops of horse that bolted.

5. They knew we'd go to our lands,
So they watched over Iraq's passages, and we rose high.

6. They were cautious of what the neighbor and guest tell
When each parts - for that he has passion.

7. I am not one who denies separation; I
Have long been aggrieved by those of gentle neighborhood.

8. I am worthy of them - wherever I settled I befriended them;
When I had comrades they consoled me and cracked apart.

9. When I dwelled I embedded my hands in the abodes,
And no destruction was found at my side.

10. I see my camels - they do not flinch from the meadows out of fear
When a people in the neighborhood became addled and clamored,

11. The animals graze the pasture, until it is as if
When they spied a human form, they startled.

12. The likes and equivalents of them pasture for a tender one
When he pours onto a dusty ground, turning them back.

13. Like the chicks of the Kumiya at the door of the tent -
Their bleating and he carries them with his finger.

14. My young camels lounge about - nothing startles them
When the settlements in the sands take fright.

15. The clan of Sa'd protected them, and the sharpness of their spears,
And left them alone in fright - a skull and foreleg.

16. They grew fat until their birthing is like
The wrangling of a builder, twisting and rising up.

17. They dread the easy road - thinking it
Rugged, muddy, when it is open and desolate.

18. When the wealthy herder drives them, you would think them
Steeds of an Iraqi, spirited and ridden.

19. Of milk, until every joint
Was caked - like chunks carried on camels.