1. Has the slain man at al-Awsa caused sorrow for a youth?
Or does the raider hope for provisions?

2. Shall I hunt spoils at the end of night or seek
An excuse for a day when obstacles abound?

3. By my life, you got a young man as though his cloak
Were on a mare of the steeds of Duwmat al-Shanuq!

4. I will hunt spoils or visit with some youths
By their oaths, the pale spears and the anemones!

5. Disheveled, dusty, as though their eyes
Were the blaze of departure garlanded with meadow saffron!

6. So count the sacred months, then recognize
The slain of men or a girl who embraces!