1. My tears, though they be blood flowing,
I shall not pay the wergild for the slain.

2. He who judges eyes in his heart,
His death is shown by the archer's arrow.

3. I sent my glance as a bold suitor,
And he held it captive in his palm.

4. Ask the enchanter of magic in Najd - when
Was Najd after us changed into Babel?

5. And call out to the water of our wakefulness -
Did the night bring any use when we kept it?

6. My debt to you - do not be content
When it is full that it be seen delayed.

7. The riders hurried the steeds, so is there
An appointed time we await postponed?

8. If counsel were united in our gathering,
We would not yoke one working alone.

9. Or the excellent Hussein was in the group -
It would suffice him or make you an attainer.

10. The clan of Abdu'l-Rahim answered the call -
A summoner - and they pitched their dwelling.

11. And they clung to glory by its bridle
Where pedigree descends, languishing.

12. The rights of generosity become rich with them -
Taking the due and the false equally.

13. Their judgments do not recognize the unjust one,
And their wealth does not know the equitable one.

14. They protect, by what makes the powerless wither,
From the sword made feeble by rust.

15. And they left their glory to their son -
So they gave him leadership, all-encompassing.

16. Like a sword, its sheath is beautifully adorned,
Yet its war leaves it idle.

17. Smooth, when crisis gapes open-mouthed -
The rider and the walker eat of it.

18. It shouted against its oppressors, kindling
For God's sake, who will plead me to a questioner?

19. Glory made him pliant while he plucked fruit young,
The view of the plump deemed the slender body feeble.

20. Base in spending, when the clouds refused
Except to be seen pouring down.

21. His reproacher agreed with him in generosity -
He who gathered lover and blamer.

22. When the swords in speech were unsheathed,
You tried from it the sayer and the doer.

23. And the quality, abundant, not stubborn -
In the side of vanity nor shrinking.

24. When evil traits appear vile, he escapes
Cleansed of its shame, determined.

25. Poetry flowed to you in streams -
Praising your excellence or commenting.

26. If an example flowed, passing on,
Or remained, ruins enduring,

27. Uniquely, by the judgment of beauty - but you see
Around you one calling out, assembled.

28. The pillar was not received, nor did
The Ruins from Mina's delegation become crowded.

29. And the procession whose breadth it fills
Seeks from God a receiver for it.

30. Like waves with violence making them
Surge or a blazing flash of lightning.

31. Fulfilling for me the wishes promised me
If its youths demanded delays.