1. Alas, O yearning of Hind for a people
Who were the cure, yet they were not struck
١. أَلا يا لَهْفَ هِنْدٍ إثْرَ قَوْمٍ
هُمُ كانوا الشِّفَاءَ فَلَمْ يُصَابُوا
2. And their forefather protected them with the sons of his father
And with the two wretched ones, there was no punishment
٢. وَقَاهُم جَدُّهم بِبَنِي أَبِيهم
وبالأَشْقَيْنِ ما كان العِقَابُ
3. And they escaped from Ilbaa, worn out
And had they reached him, the tents would have turned yellow
٣. وَأَفْلَتَهُنَّ عِلْبَاءٌ جَرِيضًا
وَلَوْ أدْركْنَهُ صَفِرَ الوِطابُ