1. With a lookout below the heights of heaven
I turn my eyes to the expanse of the horizon

2. I'm not one to walk to my neighbor's house
Just to greet her from the other side

3. If she saw me joking she would be certain
That despite our poverty we are the noble ones

4. One evening the son of Dha'ima said morosely
It is not fitting for the leader to be gloomy

5. I'm not one to run at the lead of her camel
So she can drink before the rest at the basin

6. I'm not one to carry her luggage on my mount
To ride comfortably while my friend walks

7. If you own the camel don't let
Your friend walk behind while you ride

8. Have it kneel so he can mount behind
If it can carry you both fine, if not you take the punishment

9. When fate brings calamity I am not
The most wretched knocking at relatives' doors

10. When people settle in homes you'll find them
Oblivious to news, acquirements gone

11. The worst riffraff is one whose soul's desire
Is frivolous talk and pursuing vice