1. Embrace me though the message may come from one afar
To the son of a comrade with neck ringed as if captive

2. That a noble one has not changed his heart
Encountering a foe amidst the climate of schism

3. And naught but his meeting increased his fury
Against Quraysh though he was too modest to defame

4. Himself until he rivals his neighbor however eminent
Nor maligns a honor however tattered

5. Do I not reckon death which none can repeal
When it comes except the Lord of West and East

6. For their two tribes when their pact was dissolved
Openly from its fraud every joint is disjointed

7. And I said to another seek ye help through her deliverance
Like the humpback of a harbor on the coast subjugated

8. When paralyzed in desolation her kindled for him
Hoofs a fire of bitter aloes shredded

9. As if Ukazian on him when she turned away
Her lace a Sirbal of surrounding shreds

10. And I cast off both their mantles from their backs
With cloak of Yemeni league patched and threadbare

11. Yet ye were not worthy of it except that I
Recalled my father to his intimate friend

12. And how often from a noble one had he lingered, he would not
Return to his folk except with arm wrenched from its socket

13. Amongst them at the House when they stole from him
Merchandise of Abu Zubyan on what night of theft

14. With status between Safa which ye held
And Zamzam and the running place and barbershop