1. With the people when Bajila obstructed their pass
And behind it a rugged and steep mountain

2. I girded the loins of a man with determination
And snares were set before deliverance

3. And I said to him, "Be behind my back, for I
Will ransom you; look and see what you will do"

4. The leader of them took refuge with the edge of a sword
And they avoided the thing they did not try

5. And my killing them missed while I raised my companion
In the night when strategies could not be taken against him

6. And the flock of Al-Hayy once circled around
After it was brought near to it, grasped by its palms and tent ropes

7. Biting its extremities out of impatience for its departure
With an open plain of land smoothly spread out beneath the highland

8. So I said to it, "This is in exchange for that, and perhaps
He will see for it from himself a price he will pay"

9. Sa'da twists in grief that I came to her wounded
While the warriors did me a favor

10. And I came to her fleeing before this
So where are your twistings, O Sa'da?