1. نطيحُ وَلا نُطيقُ دِفاعَ أَمرٍ

    فَكَيفَ يَروعُنا الغادي النَطيحُ

    We fall, unable to ward off a decree;

    so how can an ill-omened creature approaching head-on in the morning frighten us?

  2. وَلَم يَكُ أَهلُ خَيبَرَ أَهلَ خُبرٍ

    بِما لاقى السَلالِمُ وَالوَطيحُ

    Nor did the people of Khaybar have knowledge

    of what befell al-Salalim and al-Watih.

  3. وَجَدتُ الغَيبَ تَجهَلُهُ البَرايا

    فَما شِقٌ هُديتَ وَما سَطيحُ

    I have found that all creatures are ignorant of the unseen;

    so what is Shiqq—may you be guided—and what is Satih?