1. His people have parted from him for good
The sky over Suwaikah is yellowish

2. The tribes of Julayf hastened to Wāsiṭ
That was a clear sign of their vulnerability

3. Inform Suleiman and his cohorts
That kinship has its greater claims

4. That I avenged your brothers
And was there like a watchman over them

5. We made the morning raid on Fazārah of Sumar
Gently, Fazārah! Do not lose heart

6. And inform the Maʿdd tribe close to you
How can you threaten without having decided?

7. If you kill some isolated youths
Whether you get them now or later on

8. For at Maʿrak's side is Ḥizām
And around them their brothers like eagles

9. And the day Yaẓīd struck the Bani Nāshib
And before that he worsted their elders

10. We heard the screams of Bani Nāshib
And the band of Laqiṭ - so do not boast

11. The hyenas drag their corpses about
And plunge among them, and they are unburied