1. The passionate love called me with an oath, weakening me,
For lightning that flashed from Oman's clouds.

2. It kept me awake while my friend slept,
So I stayed up till dawn watching for it.

3. As if Intizar was hiding in Yemen,
And shook his Yemeni spear.

4. As if when it rumbled, prepared, and approached,
Its flashes hid from its glow and approached in darkness.

5. Remembering my family after an expanse separated us
With its mountains like hills blocking the way.

6. The sailor laments himself in fear
While the captain's sides roar.

7. The wolf howled in desolate darkness
With no company but beasts.

8. I point with the palms of a captive,
Whose ways are narrow in captivity.

9. When he says "wait", begging pardon,
You notice his weakness and hatred frowns.

10. My friend, have you seen or heard
What befell me while fate's calamities raged?

11. When I softened and was kind to people
Whose morals hardened and ways soured?

12. Why doesn't the light of dawn appear?
Why don't the stars of my night disappear?

13. When I say the darkness piles up,
Waves of worry come one after another.

14. Won't a night of forgetfulness dispel my worries,
Or a generous wine cup make me play?

15. My friend, is Al-Umairi fortress inhabited,
And does Aqar of Nuzuwa have fertile meadows?

16. Have the valley of grapes revived
After the truce, with its exuberant saplings?

17. For I have left my clan and family
To achieve a great goal I seek.

18. I carry the sword of Ghassan's Lord, Brandished
With intent to avenge injustice.

19. An exile seeking honor striving hard,
Matching days of suffering with reward.

20. He lived honorably, his crown
Shining while fortunes turned his way.

21. I will surprise the armies of tyrants with a regiment
Of resolve, battalion after battalion.

22. With it comes the victory that is its party,
And the victory that is its companion.

23. No ruler dares pursue what I seek,
Or ride the steed I mount.

24. When a prince relies on his wealth
And bad counsel overtakes him.

25. I shed dew from my hand generously
To earn the praise of all and generosity has the best gains.

26. If one doesn't secure a fine life with what he earns,
His achievements will not bring him praise.

27. If the lion does not boldly face terror,
Even if mighty, foxes will not yield.

28. If you scorn an idea reaching for the heights,
Beware you don't become fearful like rabbits.

29. We are the water of heaven's rain, and who
Of rulers is fit to match us?

30. We ruled the world by the sword until
Foreigners and Arabs yielded in humiliation.