1. By my life, time and its vicissitudes
Have brought down Nufaysa from kingdom to the worst abode,

2. A captive of a people who, had she called them, would have answered her,
Men of war, strikers with every hand.

3. Had not the Al of Muhalhil perished,
She would not have been handled by you, neither by hand nor foot.

4. May God abase your dwelling! You have turned away
From the name of Muhammad, prophet of the Muslims.