1. When we passed by the ruins of Su'da's abode
We made our camels kneel down but they were silent

2. My friends stopped with me, though I only recognized
The outline of the abode after much confusion

3. They said "Don't sorrow yourself to death", though to them
My streaming tears revealed my deep distress

4. I said "Don't blame me, for it was once a dwelling
Of splendor, clearly marked and known"

5. After what has passed, news reached me
Of glory and honor coming to Shimr the old

6. The morning Kisra's army shattered
The hosts of Qarqisiya unsuspectingly

7. They violated a sanctuary, long forbidden
Leaving Shimr's waters free for all

8. By the hands of Banu Nizar and the Yemenites after them
Intelligence belongs to the understanding minds

9. So Shimr was singled out among her tribe
With the satisfied, dignified noses

10. And so Shimr surpassed the tribe of Duhl
The honorable and generous as all deemed

11. Authority passed to the dove, and it succeeded through her favour
Whoever gives generously is always revered

12. So pass on my message of faithful alliance
It bears no sin or treason as I have sworn

13. To you I will send a ode every year
Inked in devotion at each season

14. More poems unless you forbid their flow
In reward for honoring me, clothing me

15. In the gowns of Golan, their dye now faded
If I have reproached the Bakrs in the past, still I

16. Am indebted to the Bakrs, bound by consent and kindness