وزَوْجَةِ مِغْيارٍ وَصَلْتُ وجَسْرَةٍ

وزَوْجَةِ مِغْيارٍ وَصَلْتُ وجَسْرَةٍ

عَجَرْتُ عليها لِمَّتي بردائِيا

عَجَرْتُ عليها لِمَّتي بردائِيا

And a fiercely jealous man’s wife—I reached her, and boldly dared approach her;

Many a jealous man's wife have I visited, and many a sturdy she-camel—

I bound my long tress around her with her own cloak.

Atop her, I wrapped my locks in my cloak.

لعمري لقد لاقتْ مُرادٌ وخَثْعَمٌ

لعمري لقد لاقتْ مُرادٌ وخَثْعَمٌ

بِصَوْرانَ منّا إذا لَقونا الدَّواهِيا

بِصَوْرانَ منّا إذا لَقونا الدَّواهِيا

By my life, Murād and Khathʿam were surely visited

By my life, Murad and Khath'am indeed encountered

at Ṣawrān—when they met us—by dire calamities at our hands.

Calamities at our hands at Sawran when they met us.