1. The morning sun revealed her weeping eyes
Hidden sorrows now apparent in her cries

2. Tears of sadness begin to flow and expose
Buried passions when she faced the dawn's light

3. The lovelorn cannot help but call her name
Tossing sleepless through the long night's pain

4. Riding off at dawn, ascending on high
Their mounts adorned, brave steeds trotting by

5. You shun me, though you’re the one whom my soul desires
Tormented am I by love’s consuming fires

6. I chase the gazelle I shot with my arrow
Wounding its shoulder, the blood flowing thorough

7. When he smiles, his radiant beauty shines bright
Perfect teeth gleaming pearly white

8. His soft lips like sweetest wine
That stains his mouth a crimson divine

9. Swaying with a loveliness no other can claim
Bleeding with each step, though too proud to show his pain

10. At the mere thought of him my tears start to fall
Endlessly I recall our last farewell

11. To those who blame me I say: do not reprove
He who has not loved can't know a lover's woe

12. Leave me to my tears, for my eyes will never run dry
With memories that make me weep until I die

13. If thoughts of him fill my mind without cease
My flowing tears only increase and increase

14. Friends, when you saw how old and tired I've grown
Why didn't you heed the wisdom age has shown?

15. I've given up music and laugheter, it's true
No more will I listen to songs, no more will I dance

16. You say: Why don't you visit us more and share
The joys of your life that you no longer seem to care?

17. I say: Have you not seen the white in my beard?
It's clear that for such frivolities I've no time to spare

18. Let me be, my friends, for I'll never refrain
From seeking the glory that comes not from worldly gain

19. I ask strength from no one but God on high
Yet help all who on me for assistance rely

20. I shelter each guest who comes to my tribe
And protect every neighbor from those who deride

21. The clan of Hasan knows my strong sword arm
In battle I'm fearless, and safe from all harm

22. No coward am I when confronting the foe
No weakness I show when face to face with the blow

23. I'm not intimidated by insults from an antagonist
My courage cannot be shaken by words of an antagonist

24. Don't believe those who nothing of me comprehend
For the truth will be told by the poor I befriend

25. We loot no protected land and take no one's life
And submit to our fate without anger or strife

26. We give dry wood to those shivering cold
And slaughter the fattened sheep for guests to hold

27. We welcome each stranger with wine in our tents
And regale them with tales and merriment

28. We spend our days searching for every delight
And pass our nights reciting verses so bright

29. Gathered in mosques, ceaselessly we pray
Listening to the calls that mark night and day

30. We're known for our virtue, every elder and sheikh
Wise men of knowledge our people seek

31. Let me be, friend, for though you impugn my good name
I'll not retaliate or play your malicious game

32. I honored my mother and father, as was meet
Never did I disgrace them or treat them as less than elite

33. No scandalous sins have I committed or vile crimes
That would bring prison walls or darken these times

34. I've neither flinched from my obligations nor shirked any duty
Nor insulted anyone known for wisdom and beauty

35. I don't boast of glory I haven't earned fair and square
Spreading lies that I'm something beyond what I am, I forswear

36. For if I did as you claim, all who know me would say:
"Look at him boast, though he amounts to nothing this day"

37. You disgraced your father with the abuses you hurled
May God who protects us from harm in this world

38. Save us from such words as the ones you let fly
Shaming the author of your days before all who stood by

39. And the judges who witnessed your rages so wild
Said only a craven attacks his father reviled

40. How dare you still brag after what you have done
Attacking with lies those who are guiltless, while claiming you've won?

41. You blamed us for your failings again and again
But it's clear where the shame and dishonor remain

42. O tribe of Khuza'a, I make no defense
Men grant you respect, though you've brought only offense

43. If you look in your hearts, you'll know what I say:
We offer the cure, you must heal the right way

44. Take this advice, o most arrogant boaster
Lest your false pride be severed like grapes from the vine