1. I do not seek the moon of Thurayya,
Nor my lofty mountain which towered above the hills.

2. Do you, O donkey of Bani Kulaib,
Seek with your miserable braying, the pastures?

3. And claim equality with Darim of Bani Kulaib,
And with Al-Mufaqqi'a the Cursing?

4. Evil is the worst of our two settlements from old,
And the smallest of them, when they draw buckets.

5. You have not inherited the horsemen from slaves,
Nor did you inherit Shabath or Shihab.

6. The son of Maragha fell when
Our helpers stretched out to the noble lineage,

7. And submitted them, and he was like Umm Hilas
Who acknowledged after her rage had passed away.

8. And when between Bani Kulaib
And me the argument was stretched to the furthest limit,

9. They saw that we had more right to the family of Saad,
And that ours were the Hanajil and the Rijab,

10. And that we had against them the Bani ‘Amr,
We had from the ruins a structure which was rebuilt.

11. Flies buzzed around in the vanity of a lion -
Thus does the lion devour the flies.

12. Vileness which overthrows the lofty fortresses with force -
Refused to let his enemies have anything but pillage.

13. Of those women, when threatened with rebuke,
They approached and that increased their coming closer.

14. Do you claim equality of my protection with Bani Kulaib
When you see my sea raging for it?

15. You intend to mount the Sua'da of it
Even if Luqman warned her against the flames.

16. The waves from above it are flooded over it
With a wave that almost makes the clouds recoil.