1. عفا من آلِ فاطمةَ الفُراتُ

    فَشَطّا ذي حماسِ فحائِلاتُ

    The Euphrates bears no trace of Fatimah’s people,

    nor do the two banks of Dhu Hamas, nor Ha’ilat.

  2. وبالصحراءِ والثَمَدينِ مِنها

    منازلُ لم تعفَّ وعافيات

    And in al-Sahra and al-Thamadayn she has

    dwellings not effaced, and others erased.

  3. واسرَع في امرىءِ القيس بنِ تيمٍ

    نوى قذفٌ وأبطأت السّعاةُ

    And Imru’ al-Qays son of Taym was swiftly overtaken by

    a distant separation, while the messengers tarried.

  4. تَعمَّدَها وأنتَ لها سفيحٌ

    وخيرُ أُمورِك المتعمداتُ

    He deliberately sought her, while you were to her a lotless arrow;

    and the best of your affairs are those deliberately undertaken.