1. Her branch was consumed by flaming coal, it ravaged her home
And the cycles of war returned, beyond her tomb

2. Your morning betrayed you to the enemy, so it became
A refuge for the frightened, from the settlements of her land

3. It was as if it were an old village, imagining its vegetation
A nose that protects the lost, growing in its ruins

4. Its maidens and youth were left uncultivated like a barren land
And darkness fills it to the brim of its walls

5. And it was as if the patterns of the cities in its midst
Were from the glow of its affection and the clanking of its gold

6. And indeed I have flirted with a gentle-mannered girl
Flirting that let me in on her secrets

7. The scent of musk and perfume in her love
As if the sprinkling of blood on her nails

8. It was as if she was a blind mother of Judhaydhir
Who let him down in the sand behind her walls

9. A patched cloak, if he slept surrounded by
The circling of dogs around the room of her house

10. With the most melodious cry of a child who has no other companion
Thus he has the chastity of her home and its sanctity

11. Do you remember when we stayed in the good Salih’s Juzeet
Our days in Maleeha, the splendor of her courtyard

12. When she would not take my camels to her
Neither her sturdy nor her young ones

13. She held back their milk and meat
So I was disgraced, as was her guest and neighbor

14. And a company on a dark night
That descended upon it so it ended up in ruins

15. They would race the childbirth in front of her
And encourage her against her weaknesses

16. And indeed I witnessed when the wine cups came together
And I witnessed next to the fire, the kindling of its flame

17. Of an aswad complexion, her saliva was like
The color of salt above her lips

18. So I gave her virginity an ardent guardian
And the fire scorched his face with its flames

19. She was the prize of his money, so he made little
Of some of her value, hoping for her virginity

20. Until he divided the share and clapped
His hand on the skin of her breast and neck

21. His regret appeared and he was angry
At something of her conceit and coquetry

22. And indeed I witnessed the horses as they were taken for spoils
And I witnessed them race after their tracks

23. And I contained its war booty in front of its stallions
And repeated as they were chased to their cruppers

24. And indeed I was cured by its riding and walking
And the neighing of its breath and its saddles

25. And it was as if the claws of vicious lizards
Were embedded in its ground, so it cast you away from its sights