1. إِنَّ اِبنَ طَوقٍ وَبَني تَغلِبٍ

    لَو قُتِّلوا أَو جُرِّحوا قَصرَه

    Indeed, Ibn Tawq and the sons of Taghlib,

    if they were slaughtered or wounded by force,

  2. لَم يَأخُذوا مِن دِيَةٍ دِرهَماً

    يَوماً وَلا مِن أَرشِهِم بَعرَه

    would not receive a single dirham in blood money,

    ever, nor a dung pellet as compensation for their wounds.

  3. دِمائُهُم لَيسَ لَها طالِبٌ

    مَطلولَةٌ مِثلَ دَمِ العُذرَه

    Their blood has no avenger,

    shed without redress, like the blood of defloration.

  4. وُجوهُهُم بيضٌ وَأَحسابُهُم

    سودٌ وَفي آذانِهِم صُفرَه

    Their faces are white, but their family honor

    is black, and brass is in their ears.